Tag: preaching
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2011 GREENBEAN BLOG REVIEW #3: PREACHING WITH A KINDLE
Of the five top hits I am re-posting, this one is the only one that feels ‘dated.’ I wrote this before the Kindle Fire came out. The Fire, as I understand it, is more like an iPad than the older Kindle readers. As an update, during Advent I used my iPhone ESV app for preaching. …
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PREACHING WITH TECHNIQUE
Preaching is all about conviction. I have several convictions about preaching such as the worst sin a preacher can make is to be boring. The Bible is many things, but it is never boring. God is not boring either, but often preaching makes God sound boring. To that end one of my subsidiary convictions about…
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MORE RETRO SONGS MAKE GREAT SERMON TITLES
One of the most popular, blogs I have ever posted was titled Retro Songs Make Great Sermon Titles. I thought I would share a few more retro-songs and the way I might, hypothetically, employ them in preaching. The catch is never the actual song itself, but the title as a cultural touchstone, or hook, to…
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HEAVENLY DELIGHT
Last night I was searching for heaven. To be more specific I was searching for heaven on my computer files. I am preparing for a series of sermons on DOUBT that begins on Easter Sunday. The second sermon is about heaven and I want to talk about doubts or questions people often have about heaven. …