Preaching Notes: Mark Driscoll – Joshua HarrisHere is an example of how Mark Driscoll preaches with out notes . Well he does have 2 post-it-notes in his bible, but that is it. see also www.disciplemaking.net
Through the Bible in Sixty-Five Hours: Do you want to see the forest, not just the trees? If you do then start by listening to these excellent summaries of the whole Bible, both Testaments, and each book. The “Download” link, as you might guess, is a direct download (posted with permission from CHBC). The “Sermon Page” link will take you to the CHBC site. Many of these sermons have a text summary available on the sermon page. All of these sermons can be found in printed form in two nice hardcover volumes, The Message of the Old Testament: Promises Made,
The Perils of PowerPoint Preaching Research reveals that the use of PowerPoint slides during preaching is often more of a distraction than a transformative tool BY LORI CARRELL I agree with the conclusion of their article that peaching that uses PowerPoint generally make the gathering a classroom that emphasizes teaching, note-taking, etc. that is devoid of genuine preaching for a verdict. Powerpoint presentations make the focus of the gathering the information and not the connection and dialog between the audience and the preacher. If the issue is information then why not just give people a USB drive with all the information they need to
Steve Lemke on Total Depravity – Provocations & Pantings – by Timothy Brister Timothy Brister points out the errors that may have made Dr. Steve Lemke want to distant himself from a belief in original sin. He Points out 2 mistakes that may be at the root of Dr. Lemke’s confusion: (1) the idea that totally depravity eliminates human responsibility and (2) that the imputation of original sin is total loss of the image of God. The following is from the 1925 Baptist Faith and message and affirms a good understanding of original sin: 3. THE FALL OF MAN – Man was created by the special act of God,
Parchment and Pen – The Problem With Proof-Texting by Lisa Robinson For those who don’t know what proof-texting is – it is finding passages of scripture that supports whatever position you want to uphold. Typically what happens is that an assertion is made, which generates disagreement. The opposer will list a passage of scripture or a string of passages as proof that that assertion is wrong. I have noticed this to be a common occurrence in the blogosphere. But I do believe it happens quite often in face to face conversations. Now, please don’t get me wrong. I do understand the
Unfolding the Napkin for Innovation: “According to Dan, there are four unwritten rules of visual thinking,1. Whoever is best at describing the problem is the person most likely to solve it.2. We can’t solve problems that overwhelm us. To understand what we’re seeing, we need to break it down into bite-size pieces.3. Problems don’t get solved by the smartest or the fastest or the strongest. �They get solved by the one who sees the possibilities.4. The more human your pictures, the more human the response.” see also www.disciplemaking.net
Here is a Summary of pages 356-357 From Christian theology by Millard Erickson, my Systematic Theology professor at SWBTS (Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary). While I affirmed biblical theology and the Doctrines of Grace before Seminary, he taught us that to keep the tension in Scripture and affirm the whole counsel of God’s Word and thus affirming the sufficiency of God’s Word. He showed us how Christian humanism was hurting the church today and that we must not allow mysticism, rationalism, evidentualism, etc. to become primary prism which we demand scripture to pass through in order to understanding. The principles of
Charles Surgeon: Form of Sound Words, p. 634-636 “In the first place, every deviation from truth is a sin. It is not simply a sin for me to do a wrong act, but it is a sin for me to believe a wrong doctrine. Lately our ministers have absolved us all from obeying God in our judgments; they have told us point blank, (many of them, in their drawing-rooms, and some of them in the pulpit) that we shall never be asked in the day of judgment what we believed. We have been told that for our actions we shall
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