The critical component of the ancient text to be borne into the lives of the modern audience in a sermon in the context of their worship of God is the theology of the pericope, or what the author is doing with what he is saying in the particular slice of the biblical text chosen for the sermon.
Believers ought to be living new lives of holiness, commensurate with their cured status in Christ.
As the old saying goes, biblical exegesis “is both a science and an art.” There are necessary skills and tools the biblical exegete needs to be able to give himself the best opportunity to understand the author’s intent
Although there is a legitimate place for academic study of the spiritual disciplines, it is more urgent that we practice them and practice them for the right reasons.
We not only need help in understanding what our Bibles teach us; we need flesh-and-blood models for how put that teaching into practice.
Missionaries proclaim the gospel simple and sufficient and teach the gospel deep and complete in the power of the Spirit so that people see and understand.
In the first article of this series, I defined missions and explained how the gospel of God and the obedience of faith function in this definition. Continuing our series on building a biblical missiology, this article deals with the question: who is a missionary? Taking our lead from Romans 1:1-5, I define missionary as follows:
My goal in this article is to set forth a biblical definition of missions, the purpose for which we send missionaries, that which missionaries do—the missionary-mission.
I would like to explain why Scripture Memory is vital for our Christian life and growth and give some practical guidelines for memorizing verses.
When we preach from the scriptures, we need to pay attention to where we are in the biblical story.
The coherent and progressive nature of biblical revelation will enable readers to trace biblical themes and teachings, to notice development of earlier texts and concepts, and to situate the passage in question within the redemptive-historical arc of Scripture.
An interview with Rob Plummer at the Bookstore at Southern.
Tom Schreiner, Gregg Allison, and Bruce Ware discuss Schreiner’s latest book.
Sermon preparation is hard work, but the word of God and the fruit God produces through the preaching of his word are worthy of that labor invested in it.
Pastors today have access to countless resources and commentaries to help aid in their preparation, but that raises the question how should a pastor use a commentary?
In answering these questions, we have to remember that the reality of human sleep is not a new, recent, or modern phenomenon. It can actually trace its origins all the way back to the very beginning of scripture.
