Challies, Grudem and Piper on Profanity

by | Jan 15, 2007 | Christian Living, Miscellaneous

Tim Challies shows us again why he is one of the most worthwhile bloggers to read.  He gives us all a great review of the recent e-conversation on the subject of profanity.  His interaction with Wayne Grudem’s note to John Piper on the subject is well stated.  Thanks Tim! Challies Dot Com: Grudem and Piper on...

If You Like GTD and Outlook

by | Jan 15, 2007 | Time/Life Management

GTD offers an Outlook overlay that costs a few pennies – here’s a free one. I’m a Covey Plan Plus man, but I’m always checking out new software to help with project, contact, task and e-mail management. PastorHacks.Net: Jello… GTD for...

Expository Convictions – part 6

by | Jan 14, 2007 | Preaching

For many this may be irrelevant material, however, for those of you in our congregation, you may not realize the particular approach I (and the other pastors, to one degree or another) take in choosing what I will preach each Sunday. Planning My Preaching Until my studies in the Doctor of Ministry program, I did not give much time and attention to long range planning for my preaching. I would merely take off and cover what I thought I should from week to week. The benefit in this approach is that I can pause a series of messages at any time to address a particular need in the congregation or move slower or faster in how much material we cover each week. The downside to this approach is that I tended not to vary my preaching in any other genre of biblical material than the particular book we are studying. Neither I nor our congregation was exposed to a vast amount of material within the Bible. After attending a Weekender at Capitol Hill Baptist Church, I heard Mark Dever discuss his personal approach to preaching and he made the statement that whatever he was doing in his preaching, he wanted to expose his congregation to every form of biblical genre every year. While I have not adopted his approach in the particulars, I have tried to address this issue in my own preaching. I now plan my preaching three months at a time. I do not publicize this plan (as Dever does), giving me the liberty to adjust it as I see fit. However, I do plan to preach...