In this episode we discuss...

• Preaching God's Word
  • Why do we preach?
    • Acts 2:42
    • 1 Timothy 4:13
    • Mark 16:15
    • 2 Timothy 2:15
• What sort of preaching is there?
  • Vision Casting
  • Topical
  • Expository (Our Favorite)
• Why should our preaching expose God's Word?
  • 2 Timothy 3:16-17
  • Hebrews 4:12
• What should you stay away from when preaching?
  • Talking too much about yourself
  • Listening to a bunch of other sermons on the text
  • Giving a watered down version of commentaries 
  • Preaching too intensely 
  • Not preaching intensely enough 
  • Talking “at” the congregation
  • Preaching the sermon the same way no matter where you are
  • Not enough application
  • Only applying it in ways that are relevant to your experience
  • Using language that doesn’t match your cultural context
  • Not reviewing your sermons and asking others to critique you

The listener question we answer this week:

•  Joseph from the Mountains asks, “Scripture is quite clear on our Spiritual gifts and that we are to use them to serve one another. Often, rural churches suffer a lack of servants just due to numbers and needs. I have seen people leave a church because of the fear of having to serve. How can we encourage members to see that serving is biblical and encourage them in love to do so?”

Links for our Top Two's:

• An Old School Pulpit Commentary
  • HDM Spence
  • John Calvin's New Testament Commentary
• The World and Everything in It
• Handkerchiefs
• Intermittent fasting 

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