Posted in Desiring God, John Piper, Joy, Preaching on April 8, 2008 | No Comments »
John Piper writes on preaching that which hasn’t joyfully mastered our heart. His last paragraph is a great reminder that our feelings must catch up to our sermons. We must pray hard and long for the Lord to break the hardness of our hearts so that He would be exulted in the pulpit from our [...]
Posted in John Piper, John Stott, Preaching on March 26, 2008 | No Comments »
This was posted from John Piper this morning:
The great challenge of the preacher is to follow Paul in 2 Corinthians 4:5, “What we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.”
But there are more ways to preach ourselves than one might think. This word from James [...]
Posted in Books, Jonathan Edwards, Preaching, Solomon Stoddard on March 23, 2008 | No Comments »
“We are not sent into the pulpit to shew our wit and eloquence but to set the consciences of men on fire.” by Solomon Stoddard, grandfather of Jonathan Edwards, quoted in Jonathan Edwards A New Biography by Ian H Murray, pg. 8.
