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This Is True
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">RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! -- Jon ClaytonNo man builds the church but Christ alone. Whoever is minded to build the church is surely well on the way to destroying it, for he will build a temple to idols without wishing or knowing….We must proclaim–He builds. We must pray to Him that He may build. We do not know His plan. We cannot see whether He is building or pulling down. It may be that the times, which by human standards are times of collapse, are, for him, the great times of construction. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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When Indeed
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“When people question what you read; when people question what you say; when people question what you write; when people question what you believe; when people question with whom you hang out with; when people question your church; when people question your value; when people question your motives; when people question your intelligence; when people question your morals; when people question your loyalties; when people question your sense of humor; when people question your faith; when people question you; first, answer with humility; then, answer with perseverance.” — David Hayward
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The Problem With Topical Preaching
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“Yes, there is a role for sermons other than expository ones. So-called topical preaching, for example, does sometimes participate in God’s transformation of people’s lives. But the communicator runs two risks in preaching typically. One one hand, topical preaching leaves too much to the preacher’s ability to come up with the content of the sermon. And on the other, topical preaching can give an impression about the Bible that is not accurate. The preacher has to rummage through all kinds of different verses and try to make some coherent sense of them; too much is left to the preacher’s ability to pull a message together. Such an approach suggests the Bible is a collection of sayings about various topics, a depository of principles to live by, rather than what it is, the story of the living God creating and redeeming a people for himself, for a world truly filled with the knowledge of his glory.”
Darrell W. Johnson, The Glory of Preaching: Participating in God’s Transformation of the World (Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2009), 54.
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Preachers Are Readers
Posted by: Jon Clayton | Comments (0)Preachers are readers as they say. This is something that I have not been disciplined at over the past 4 or 5 years. 2009 was an improvement. But there is plenty of room for improvement. This is one area where even modest improvement can make a noticeable difference. This is an area that I desire to make significant improvements in2010, Lord willing.
Most of the books I read will be reviewed here on Laboring In The Lord. Now that is a good idea! If I read more books I will become more knowledgeable. In addition to that, reviewing the books generates material for the blog. Now that is a good idea!
By golly, I think I am smarter already!
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