“How to clarify a concept you can’t articulate: 1. Change mediums. Draw it. Photograph it. Sing it.2. Change levels. Explain what is one level up (bigger picture) or one level down (finer details).3. Change fields. What would this concept look like in different fields?” That’s how we talk about the trinity – sing it.
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Apples, Snakes and Bellyaches by Calvin Miller, 1990. When Saint Paul preached in Eff-ee-suss,A sleepy man named Ewe-tea-cussThought he preached redick-cue-less-lee long.As Ewe-tea-cuss was sitting in the window of the churchHe rubbed his eyes and yawned and swayedAnd nodded, dozed, and reeled and lurched. And feeling faint, he fell asleepAnd fell…and fell for forty feet.He […]
Spanish philosopher Baltasar Gracian on how to give advice: “When you counsel someone, you should appear to be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see.” Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom this works well in preaching to seasoned Christians (from James Clear)
Preacher Jokes about children… Two boys were walking home from Sunday school after hearing a strong preaching on the devil. One said to the other, ‘What do you think about all this Satan stuff?’ The other boy replied, ‘Well, you know how Santa Claus turned out. It’s probably just your Dad.’ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Attending a […]
http://www.preachingtoday.com/media/podcast/preaching-during-easter.html?start=2 It’s a sermon called “The Up-to-the-Minute Relevance of the Resurrection.” This is a clip from his intro so let’s listen to that and then we’ll break it down. John Stott: I think it’s important for us to be quite clear on what we’re talking about. We’re not talking about Jesus’ survival, as a result […]
3 Awkward Moments at Church It’s been almost three months since I started church shopping. “Church shopping” sounds so consumeristic. How ’bout this: It’s been almost three months since I commenced a holy quest for a community where I can love, serve, and sacrifice. Much better. But church shopping—er, community questing—has opened my eyes to […]
“Jesus is the judge all the judges point to since he truly administers justice, the prophet all the prophets point to since he really shows us the truth, the priest all the priests point to since he truly brings us to God, and the King of kings.” Tim Keller, Preaching, p. 76.
5 frogs are sitting on a log. 4 decide to jump off. How many are left? Answer: 5. Why? Because deciding and doing are not the same thing. Nicky Gumbel
C.S. Lewis said by contrast that sometimes the impression preachers leave is that they are simply… “mild-mannered people exhorting mild-mannered people to be more mild-mannered.” That is not the call of Paul. Or of Jesus. Mark Labberton http://www.christianitytoday.com/le/2005/summer/10.30.html?paging=off Leadership’s Top 40: #12 Our Daunting Hope: Can preaching really change anyone? by Rev. Mark Labberton More […]
I have a confession: I’m no expert at love or relationships. I am going to speak on it anyway. Lew Smedes says, “There are two kinds of writers: smart ones and dumb ones. The smart kind write what they know. The dumb kind write in order to know. I am one of the dumb ones.” […]