In the previous post, I said that this one would be practical concerning the presentation of exposition. I am going to deviate a little bit here because I think that I missed an important point concerning why we should be committed to exposition as undershepherds, and why the people of God’s pasture should desire and demand expositional preaching. Need for…
Category: <span>Spiritual Meandering</span>
Preaching an expositional sermon is a lot different than studying for one. A lot of times, I can know what the text says and have discovered great implications (at least I think they are great because they have encouraged and/or convicted me); but struggle with how to present the text in such a way that is meaningful and understandable for…
Preparing to preach an expositional sermon on the Lord’s Day is nothing to be taken lightly. Then again, it is not just for pastors to be expositional. We should be expositional in our devotions, our Sunday School lessons, our evangelism, and every time we open the Word of God. Therefore, exposition is not just for pastors, but I believe that…
Expositional Preaching is the simplest form of preaching, yet one of the most arduous tasks for the pastor. Basically, exposition consists of explaining the meaning of a specific Biblical text and showing the spiritual implications that the text has on the listener’s lives. Exposition is simple in that the main idea of the sermon is nothing more or less than…
A friend gave me a book that I have started reading. Spiritual Depression by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. This topic is near to my soul and the book has been a challenge to me and I just started. Here is a snippet from the book that impacted me. “But there is another and more important reason, which is that we must…
What a God, that he would give His only son that we might live. What tender mercy, unending love; Amazing grace from heaven above. What a Man, that he should be Perfect, sinless, united Deity. What life he lived and death he gave To ransom souls, from sin to save. What a Savior pure and blessed; Died the death, secured…
It may be that I am lazy recently but I have seen so much good writing on some other blogs, that I don’t have much to say. I was turned toward the blog reformation 21 by Dave Doran’s Glory and Grace (see side links). Carl Trueman has an excellent (albeit lengthy) post on the new tool of post-modern debaters called…
I has been a while since I posted something. For my faithful readership, thanks for sticking with it (you two are a blessing). I can give lots of excuses for the delay in writing. . . like that we went on a backpacking adventure down to Zion National Park to hike the Narrows, the world’s longest slot canyon; or that…
Pride is so easy! Is there a one of us that can say that this devil does not rise within us beating us down in our Christian walk? Oh how I loathe my pride, but what I loathe more than that, is my inability to conquer this most destructive of behaviors. I weep with David in Psalm 51 “Have mercy…
I wonder why the Liberal agenda is so inconsistent. I read on my Social Security statement today that in 2017 we will be paying out more in benefits than receiving in taxes. Obviously this is because there are more elderly people collecting than younger people paying taxes. Therefore as the ever pragmatic libs should realize the more children born in…