Sometimes when I tell people I teach homiletics, they reply, "I remember when I took a class on Bible interpretation in college.” At that point I know they have confused...
Kerry McGonigal
Forcing the Form: Subjecting Holy Scripture to Human Structures
Recently my wife pointed out the constellation Orion to our kids as we were driving home one night. Well, they were having a bit of a hard time identifying it amidst all the...
Top 5 Posts of 2013
I began this blog back in April. At the time I had no idea where it would go, or, frankly, if it would go anywhere. But I'm thankful for a good friend who encouraged me to...
Always Preach a Felt Christ: Lloyd-Jones on George Whitefield
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhN2VgdJp_c
Just Get the Point of the Passage—That’s All We’re Asking Out of You
I recently heard John MacArthur relate an experience he had during his seminary days with scholar-extraordinaire Charles Feinberg. It is quite humorous (especially when you...
Frag-men-tar-y Ex-po-si-tion
In a sincere effort to emphasize the text of Scripture and to keep their messages biblical, some preachers engage in what we could call "fragmentary exposition." Here is the...
The Wonder and Weight of Preaching
The preacher must courageously and ferociously believe that transformation occurs through the interplay of God’s Word and Spirit. He is simply a vessel, a broken jar of...
Preaching as Witness: Expounding and Experiencing the Word
It's all too easy to become academic and cerebral in our approach to the ministry of the Word. If we're not careful, our preaching can become nothing more than a highly...
How Does Our Preaching Testify to Christ?
While God spoke directly to innnocent and sinless humans in Eden, the pattern that emerges once sin enters is that of humanly mediated word. The prophetic word prepares the...
The Adventure Called Preaching
Preaching is an adventure. It really is. It's an exciting, somewhat risky enterprise, because you never know what's going to happen when you preach. There's no way to...