Comments on: Christian Storytelling, Part X: How Shall We Preach?

By: Annie

Annie — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 02:41:37 +0000

I grew up Lutheran and every sermon had to point to Jesus Christ. It almost always had Law (to show our need for a Savior) and then Gospel (the awesomely great news of salvation in Jesus Christ).
I am thinking many people are tired of not only a line by line expository sermon but also the sermons that tell us how to ..be a better wife, or mother, or how to deal with pain, etc…all nice topics but give me Jesus….in a relevant way:)

By: Two-Edged Sword

Two-Edged Sword — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 06:13:47 +0000

Preaching Under Attack…

Just in case one did not think that an altar based liturgy and a pulpit based one do not conflict with each other, witness the recent attack on expository preaching….

By: chris holdridge

chris holdridge — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 22:44:55 +0000

Yes, this perseveration on expository preaching in reformed circles–I grow weary of it (like Deter from SNL). “He’s not an expository preacher? That’s dangerous stuff, brother…dangerous.” I feel the same way as you: expository preaching has a home in preaching Christ and Him crucified; but nowhere else. Driscoll’s view of it is right on and we should go further (as he does) to mention that preaching Christ-saturated sermons on any topic requires training, practice, and (yikes!) annointing. Some people may take the “Jesus in every sermon” approach to mean that they should have an altar call every time, r a “My boss is a Jewish carpenter” shirt on while they preach.

Anywho…just heard Driscoll at Piper’s conference and he was excellent. Voddie Bauchaum, Carson, Wells, Keller, and Piper did their thing too. It was…uhhh, great. What do you say about that kind of thing? They rocked. The audio will be on the DG website in a couple days. Check it out.