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Speaking About Important Things
kinds of sermonsSpeaking About Practical Things We are on an adventure to discover what preaching is, as we explore the various words in the New Testament that refer to preaching. In the last post we examined what it means to preach the gospel. Today we consider the word laleo (transliterated Greek), which is mostly translated as “to speak”. […]
Preaching the Gospel
kinds of sermonsPreaching the Gospel Preaching the gospel is another kind of sermon. We’ve been exploring the various kinds of activities that are translating as “preaching” in the New Testament. We’ve seen so far that preaching can be announcing news, or kerusso; and we’ve also seen that preaching can be admonition, or noutheteo. Preaching the Gospel […]
Proclaiming The News
kinds of sermonsProclaiming the News In the last post we began a series of reflections on different kinds of sermons. We’ve looked at what it means to admonish well in that post. Proclaiming the news is another kind of sermon. Proclamation the News Described I live near Holland, MI, which is the place that many Dutch immigrants […]
Doing Admonition Well
kinds of sermonsDoing Admonition Well In this post I want to turn to something that is very important when you are thinking about the kinds of sermons that you are going to preach. In the next several posts were going to explore different subject kinds of sermons that you may feel called to preach to your congregation. […]
Praying For Preachers Produces Power
Prayed GreatGetting Prayed Great Praying for preachers produces power in sermons. Tony Campolo learned this lesson well when his church called a new pastor. As with most churches, there was a search team charged with the task of finding the person who would lead them after the long pastorate of a well-known, influential pastor. Not only […]