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The Sermon Exists In An For Its Purpose (via Phillips Brooks’ The Joy Of...

The ongoing unfolding of God’s word that takes place in the relationship of pastor and people is the essence of the sermon. A sermon is not a sermon unless eternal truth is communicated with the...

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The Topics Of Today Examined Through The Prism Of Eternal Truth (via Phillips...

Exhorting preachers to ‘never let men feel that you would gospel would be satisfied with mere decency’, Phillips Brooks makes the point that when addressing the outworking of sin the preacher should...

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On Maintaining Consistent Vitality Through A Sermon Series (via Phillips...

Phillips Brooks observes that a series of sermons constrains a preacher and that the challenge is to maintain a consistent vitality from beginning to end. Some evangelical churches that do not follow...

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Illustrations Should Never Draw Attention To Themselves (via Phillips Brooks’...

I have heard a number of really memorable illustrations, that I cannot remember what it was they were supposed to illustrate. (One about a cane toad in an electrical sub-station comes to mind) An...

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Trusting The Intrinsic Authority Of Scripture (via Phillips Brooks’ The Joy...

To impose Bible proclamation on the basis of authority or office, or using rhetorical devices to entice an audience place the focus on the speaker, not the message. Preaching remembers that the only...

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Preaching That Speaks To The Growth Of Christian Nature In Addition To The...

The revivalistic emphasis can result in a neglect on bringing the Bible’s teaching about the life of faith and discipleship. It is also possible to neglect the call to salvation through an unbalanced...

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There Is No Danger In Trusting The Lord (via Ray Ortlund)

A lot of material flicks in front of my eyes day by day. The fact that I don’t share as much as I used to from all these sources indicates to me that either it’s all sort of blending into the same, or...

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Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 35

Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 35 Chapter 21 – Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day (Cont.) Paragraphs 4-6 IV. Prayer is to be made for things lawful, and for all sorts of men living,...

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Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 31

Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 31 83. Q. What is the office of the keys? A. The preaching of the holy and Christian discipline. By these two means the kingdom of heaven is opened to believers and...

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The Preacher’s Last Sermon (via Steve Bateman at The Gospel Coalition)

I understand that one sermon will be my final sermon. Our frame of mind (my frame of mind, at least) would pose a rhetorical question “What if your next sermon was your last?” History suggests the...

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