How not to preach at Christmas part one
Preachers face temptations to go anthropocentric at Christmas. There are lots of angles you can take with the Christmas story, but there are also lots of ways to be a little to creative.
Homiletics
The Bible is a book about God
Haddon Robinson's book Biblical Preaching is a classic text on homiletics. It's one of those books that seems fresh and relevant every time I read it. This summer, I
A theocentric sermon
Scot McKnight on a sermon that stayed theocentric:
Gene Appel preached tonight about fear, and he explored that theme through Mark 4:35-41. In this passage Jesus is asleep in a boat while
Frontal assault on imaginations held captive
From Kevin Vanhoozer in The Drama of Doctrine:
The sermon, not some leadership philosophy or management scheme, remains the prime means of pastoral direction and hence the pastor’s paramount responsibility. The good
Why theocentric preaching isn’t as boring as it sounds
I first got interested in theocentric preaching when I realized how much anthropocentric preaching I've done, and how awful it really is.
We were set up. Two years ago I attended