After the preacher has wrestled well with all the interpretive difficulties that come with reading and understanding the parables of Jesus, the task now lies before him to communicate and preach the parable faithfully, clearly, and persuasively. This jump from…
“Context is king.” This is the paramount hermeneutic for all Bible texts, each having one exegetical point.[1] The Bible’s entire text, including the parables, has one ultimate homiletical point: Bow before Jesus the King of Kings! Steven McCarthy points out…
I recently finished reading Carl Trueman’s book, Luther on the Christian Life (Crossway, 2015). It is a wonderful introduction to a man that the Lord was delighted to use for the well-being of His church. In fact, if you’re looking…
Carl Trueman was speaking at a Banner of Truth Minister’s Conference in the last couple of years. In an offhanded (or what I took to be offhanded!), Trueman challenged ministers who might have a weak view of preaching to read…
In the first two parts in this series (here and here), we discussed the truth that eloquence can only glorify God when it takes the role of servant rather than the master. We also so that eloquence starts from the…
“How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” (Matt. 12:34) In the first part, we saw how eloquence can have a place in Biblical preaching only when it…
Introduction “Moses said to the Lord, ‘Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent…I am slow of speech and of tongue.’ Then the Lord said to him, ‘Who has made man’s mouth? … Now therefore go, and I will be with…
The Book of Zephaniah unfolds during the days of Josiah. Who can forget those days? The pro-Assyrian party likely put this eight-year-old boy on the throne to placate the ruling nation at that time. However, the pro-Assyrian party in Judah…
There is a certain mode of preaching that tells you to shape up first so God can come into your life. It is absolutely correct that moral transformation is a necessary entailment of the good news of Jesus Christ. (Eph.…
You have likely heard people called “boomers,” or maybe even “zoomers,” but have you come across the term “doomer?” A doomer is someone who holds a pessimistic view of life, who despairs over impending societal collapse, and feels a sense…
