In this last of five posts on evangelistic preaching, I want to describe in a bit more detail what it sounds like. PresentEvangelistic preaching majors in the present tense. Yes, it deals with biblical data, which is usually in the…
In this last of five posts on evangelistic preaching, I want to describe in a bit more detail what it sounds like. PresentEvangelistic preaching majors in the present tense. Yes, it deals with biblical data, which is usually in the…
Every sermon text can be preached with an evangelistic application. But this isn’t what we are calling evangelistic preaching. Remember our previous definition: Evangelistic preaching is preaching that expounds God’s Word (it is expository) with the primary aim of the…
Yesterday we looked at the rarity of evangelistic preaching (see here for definition). Today I want to explain the reasons why we should engage in evangelistic preaching. The most obvious reason is biblical warrant. The Old Testament prophets were passionate…
Yesterday I defined evangelistic preaching as preaching that expounds God’s Word (it is expository) with the primary aim of the conversion of lost souls (rather than the instruction of God’s people). I also said that while I welcomed the upsurge…
There’s been a welcome resurgence of expository preaching in the Reformed church over the last 20-30 years, and especially of “consecutive expository preaching” – preaching through books of the Bible, verse-by-verse and chapter-by-chapter. But together with that resurgence of consecutive…
A.J. Jacobs has written a number of bestsellers, including The Year of Living Biblically, The Know-it-all, and The Guinea Pig Diaries. A.J. Jacobs is also an agnostic. But, in this interview with Gretchen Rubin (The Happiness Project), Jacobs explains how…