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In their book Preaching that Connects, Mark Galli and Craig Brian Larson draw attention to the relationship be-tween homiletics and journalism.1 They are not alone in seeing this relationship. A journalist, Melvin Mencher, calls journalism “kin to teaching, cousin to preaching.”2Galli and Larson’s perceptive book focuses on matters of style, relating the techniques of news … Continue reading “Toward A Journalistic Understanding of Preaching”

One of the great challenges of the pastorate is preaching sermons that connect with peoples’ lives. The ability to meet at the intersection between Scripture and the daily circumstances of our people is the difference between an effective preaching ministry and wasting peoples’ time. I have found that where I write my sermon can be … Continue reading “Meeting Jesus At Starbuck’s”

It’s a high wire act, one of which OSHA would not approve — preaching without notes. Only the most extraordinarily gifted speaker can pull it off, or so I used to think.A couple of years ago, during his State of the Union Address, President Clinton began his speech reading from the Teleprompter. Suddenly, instead of … Continue reading “Preaching Without a Net: Delivering Sermons without Notes”

Last year at this time we were, to a degree, getting used to the concept of electronic publishing. The approach to Electronic books (E-books) included STEP (Standard Template for Electronic Publishing), LLS (Logos Library System), Adobe Acrobat and other proprietary Bible study software programs. E-books are now fairly common and the number of titles available … Continue reading “Your Approach To Bible Study Is Key In Selecting A Bible Software Program”

Walter Kaiser is one of the premier Old Testament scholars in the evangelical church today. A widely-published author and popular preacher and lecturer, Kaiser has recently become President of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.Preaching: Several years ago you wrote an article for Preaching dealing with the issue of preaching in the Old Testament. One of the things … Continue reading “Preaching and the Old Testament: An Interview with Walter Kaiser”

I got some bad news the other day: the software we use to record and maintain the subscriber files of Preaching is not “Y2K compliant.” That’s the shorthand the computer techies use to describe software that on January 1, 2000, will assume that it is now 1900 and, since computers didn’t exist then, will promptly … Continue reading “Are You Y2K Compliant?”

I sat there uncertain as to whether I should cry, or laugh hysterically. For 45 minutes I listened to a preacher exhort us on the evils of syncopated music. I do not have a problem with someone preaching on music from the Bible. Yet the speaker started in Exodus describing the dance of the Israelite … Continue reading “How to Analyze Your Arguments in Preaching”

Writing of the Bible many years ago, Bishop Temple observed, “I know that whatever else shall go, this will stand. This is, indeed, the message of God Almighty to man; and as long as man remains here on earth, still shall he find, in ever-increasing measure, the power which the Book has to uplift his … Continue reading “Preparing to Preach the Word: Preaching’s Annual Survey of Bibles & Bible Reference”

John MacArthur, Jr., is president of The Master’s Seminary and pastor-teacher at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, CA. A renowned champion of biblical inspiration and authority, MacArthur has written many books and recently served as editor of the MacArthur Study Bible, published by Word Books. He is widely known through his national radio ministry, … Continue reading “A Passion for Exposition: An Interview with John MacArthur”

“For all of his life, he was a person apart. His Saviour was all important to him.” So runs the descriptive phrase of a son about his father. The son is Frank Boreham, Jr. and his father is the man I wish for you to meet. Frank William Boreham was a prolific author, penning more … Continue reading “So This is Boreham!”