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.
theocentric
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
Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics
I'm looking forward to reading Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics, due out next March.
"The focus of Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics is not word studies but 'Word study': a sustained reflection on the
Teaching God’s story
In her excellent book on children's ministry, Ivy Beckwith writes about some of the mistakes we make in teaching the Bible. Although she is writing about the way we teach children,
Avoiding the homiletical hermeneutic
From Expository Thoughts (which quotes from a chapter in Giving the Sense by Daniel I. Block):
…Block warns against the primary pitfall facing preachers, missing the true meaning of the passage by approaching