Category: Preaching
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The Importance of Doctrinal Preaching
I have been casually reading through The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine (c. 1800), which primarily related testimonies, news, articles, and hymns revolving around the Second Great Awakening. The following short article helps us see something of the character and concern of this time, and is instructive for us today. According to the accounts which…
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Content Matters
I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the…
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A Prayer for Power on the Means of Grace
O Thou, at whose almighty word The glorious light from darkness sprung! Thy quick’ning influence afford, And clothe with pow’r the preacher’s tongue. Though ’tis thy truth he hopes to speak, He cannot give the hearing ear: ‘Tis thine, the stubborn heart to break, And make the careless sinner fear.…
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Preaching Without Notes
An interesting article from the Orthodox Presbyterian Church’s Ordained Servant True passion on the part of the preacher is obvious to his hearers, and it conveys to those hearers something of the importance of what he’s preaching. But polished language may well be the enemy of passion. No doubt undisciplined…
Dan Greenfield 