Preaching

I was struck yesterday as I re-read N.T. Wright’s The Last Word on the importance of something that’s in danger of being lost in today’s models of church leadership:

The last time I linked to a post by David Fitch on preaching, Paul Martin commented, “Really, Darryl. You liked this post? I thought it was bunch of hoogly.” Well, Fitch is back

David Fitch on The Myth of Expository Preaching: I believe there is a myth surrounding expository preaching among N. American evangelicals. It goes like this: if the preacher follows the text more closely

I was going to write one more premise about theocentric preaching – something about the importance of making the story of the Bible our story – but I think I’ll leave it for now.

Lesslie Newbigin on what can go wrong when we try to be relevant: In discussions about the contemporary mission of the Church it is often said that the Church ought to address itself