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Category: Preaching

The Queen’s Funeral Sermon: some early thoughts

In what has been billed ‘the most watched sermon in history’ the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, today spoke at … More

Justin Welby, Preaching, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen's Funeral, Royal Family, Westminster Abbey

2 Things I Admired in the King’s Speech

At 6pm UK time a new era in world history began – King Charles III made his first formal speech … More

Communication, King's Specch, Language, Preaching

Who in the world am I preaching to?

I preach over 100 sermons annually. That amounts to more hours of preparation than I can hope to quantify, and … More

Local Church, Ministry, Preaching

Filtering for Repentance

One of the many vulnerabilities of the contemporary evangelical church is a stubborn mistaking of quantity for quality. This can … More

Christianity, Covid-19, repentance

Preaching under the smile and the smiting rod

As I write these words, our home has descended into the silence of sleep on a Saturday night, and I … More

Covid19, Ministry, Pastoral Ministry, Preaching

Some implications of an empty pulpit

Whether your cup is half empty or half full in the current global crisis, whether you credit or descry online … More

Christianity, Covid19, Lament, Ministry, Pastoral Ministry, Preaching

A Certain Sound through Preaching

How are we to answer the exigencies and anxieties of the hour? What tone of voice and approach should we … More

Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Ministry, Pastoral Ministry, Preaching

An uncertain sound

There is a famous anecdote about a church producing some signage for the gable wall of their building, with the … More

Christianity, Culture, Preaching

The loneliness of the long distance Pastor

At the moment it seems like everything is interim. The decisions that we were agonising over a fortnight ago about … More

Coronavirus, Pastoral Ministry, Preaching

Reverse engineering the logic of Scripture

I believe that the systematic expository preaching of Scripture is not the only means of teaching the gathered church, but … More

Christianity, Ministry, Pastoral Ministry, Preaching, Worship

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