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Teach Your People Well
kinds of sermonsPreaching as Teaching In this post we are going to explore what it means to teach as a preacher. Teach your people well in some, if not most of your sermons. A little girl called Martha was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow […]
Speaking About Important Things
kinds of sermonsSpeaking About Practical Things We are on an adventure to discover what preaching is, as we explore the various words in the New Testament that refer to preaching. In the last post we examined what it means to preach the gospel. Today we consider the word laleo (transliterated Greek), which is mostly translated as “to speak”. […]
Preaching the Gospel
kinds of sermonsPreaching the Gospel Preaching the gospel is another kind of sermon. We’ve been exploring the various kinds of activities that are translating as “preaching” in the New Testament. We’ve seen so far that preaching can be announcing news, or kerusso; and we’ve also seen that preaching can be admonition, or noutheteo. Preaching the Gospel […]
Proclaiming The News
kinds of sermonsProclaiming the News In the last post we began a series of reflections on different kinds of sermons. We’ve looked at what it means to admonish well in that post. Proclaiming the news is another kind of sermon. Proclamation the News Described I live near Holland, MI, which is the place that many Dutch immigrants […]
Doing Admonition Well
kinds of sermonsDoing Admonition Well In this post I want to turn to something that is very important when you are thinking about the kinds of sermons that you are going to preach. In the next several posts were going to explore different subject kinds of sermons that you may feel called to preach to your congregation. […]