This photo is from the first time
I heard him preach in person, in the chapel at @SBTS 1982.
Not exact matches
A comment was made that most churches don't
preach Jesus... I find that frustrating because
in most churches we
hear all day long about Paul, what he has to say about «Christ», all feeling one step removed from Jesus by name, preferring to speak of Him by His title.
10:27; «and what you
hear in the ear,
preach on the housetops.»
So, to obtain faith
hear the word of God
preached in the power of the holy spirit.
As for the argument that we should look to our churches... the BILLIONS spent by organized religion to build exorbitant places of worship (Jesus
preached in open fields and I'm confident that God
hears MY prayers
in the privacy of my home) and the building of health clinics
in third world countries would help a lot — but they are not inclined to help those
in need HERE!
By wondering if Korean Jesus cares only about Korean problems, Hill pokes fun at the issue which was made a media spectacle
in 2008, when the Rev. Jeremiah Wright could be
heard preaching that «Jesus was a poor black man» as part of his support for Barack Obama.
The best of what I am calling Pentecostal mysticism envisions a «worldly» ministry
in which «the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf
hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news
preached to them.»
As Rob said
in a sermon I
heard him
preach, «it's not about a destination it's about the journey».
Billy Graham has
preached to tens of millions of people face - to - face, with some estimates saying more than two billion people
in total have
heard the Gospel through his minstry.
But the gospel has power, and those who believe that, and
preach it
in the conviction that it can transform and ennoble lives, can still get a
hearing.
When the apostles had been asked by the government to no longer
preach anything about Christ, Peter and John responded by saying «Whether it is right
in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, for we can not but speak of what we have seen and
heard (Acts 4:19 - 20).»
In the thirteenth century, a Dominican friar by the name of Etienne de Bourbon was preaching in the village of Sandrans, near Lyon, when he heard during confession that many of the local woman had..
In the thirteenth century, a Dominican friar by the name of Etienne de Bourbon was
preaching in the village of Sandrans, near Lyon, when he heard during confession that many of the local woman had..
in the village of Sandrans, near Lyon, when he
heard during confession that many of the local woman had....
So this is why people should pray for their pastors: so that they will
preach the Word, and
preach it boldly, and especially
preach the gospel so that the Kingdom of God can advance and grow as people
hear the Gospel and believe
in Jesus for everlasting life.
In the Bible, Paul warned us that a time would come when people would not endure sound doctrine, but would instead turn aside to myths and gather around themselves teachers who would
preach what their itching ears want to
hear.
Paul recognized that he had an opportunity to
preach to some men who would probably never
hear the Gospel
in any other way, and these men had areas of influence and power that most people
in the Roman Empire didn't have.
At that time, five young college students were spending a Sunday
in London, so they went to
hear the famous C.H. Spurgeon
preach.
A woman
in the parish I serve commented that she never likes
hearing this text
preached because she always comes away with the sense that it's never possible to get things right.
In response to John the Baptist's question about his Messiahship, he replied: «the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf
hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news
preached to them.»
I would really be thrown off guard if the interloper told me my congregation was starving to
hear God's word
preached to them, but since I wasn't doing it effectively, he needed to step
in.
I also
hear from a lot of evangelicals who have begun attending Mainline Protestant churches precisely because they welcome LGBT people, accept scientific findings regarding climate change and evolution, practice traditional worship,
preach from the lectionary, affirm women
in ministry, etc., but these new attendees never
hear the leadership of the church explain why this is the case.
Yet as powerful as it is to
preach about God's presence and enduring love, about looking forward
in the midst of suffering, believers will
hear this message differently depending on how quickly they are living through the succession of steps on their way to hope.
And I
preach once a month at Christ Fellowship
in Florida — probably the largest church you've never
heard of, with almost 10,000 people weekly at nine campuses across Miami.
But
in the present time, altogether too many of us may know or think we know the original quite well, but yet do not know the language into which we are to translate; hence the gospel as
preached is
preached to ears that do not and can not
hear, because they are ears that are attuned to a quite different set of conditions, patterns of thought, and ways of conceiving the universe.
According to God's written word, faith comes by
hearing the word of God
preached in the power of his holy spirit.
I have often said
in my
preaching and teaching, and have
heard many others say the same, that Jesus died
in the cross so that we don't have to.
It is perfectly possible for us, and hence for those who
hear our
preaching, to get so bogged down
in the traditional biblical picture, taken
in its most literal form, that the whole point of the gospel itself is lost.
An authentically Wesleyan emphasis on God's empowering and liberating grace is still rarely
heard in Methodist
preaching.
I remember one aphorism I
heard Efird use with seminarians during the day and with laypeople at night
in response to the question of how to
preach both Isaiah and Amos.
21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies
in [your] mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and [be] not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, [and] which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a ministe
in [your] mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 22
In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and [be] not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, [and] which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a ministe
In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable
in his sight: 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and [be] not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, [and] which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a ministe
in his sight: 23 If ye continue
in the faith grounded and settled, and [be] not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, [and] which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a ministe
in the faith grounded and settled, and [be] not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have
heard, [and] which was
preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
We were recently holding some meetings
in India, and as we
preached about the UnGodlike God, a visitor to the church who attends Hillsong
in London, came to us after and said, «that was amazing, why are WE not
hearing this stuff».
And those of them who
hear us
preach are quite likely to believe that we are not ourselves honest when we
preach the gospel, because they know perfectly well that
in our «secular» moments we do not subscribe to any such scheme of things.
I also
hear from a lot of evangelicals who have begun attending Mainline Protestant churches precisely because they welcome LGBT people, accept science, avoid aligning with a single political party, practice traditional worship,
preach from the lectionary, affirm women
in ministry, etc. but these new attendees never
hear the leadership of the church explain why this is the case.
Preaching can easily activate these anxieties
in a congregation to the point where the members will not be able to
hear what is being said.
These preachers have already all violated Matthew 6:1 - 18
in their ostentatious and hypocritical piety, and they generally seem to pick and choose only the most hateful and bigoted things out of the Bible anyway, so it isn't like they really possess any moral authority
preaching to people what they want to
hear.
How is your
preaching different
in a setting where you feel fully
heard?
The church
in Jerusalem got that way after thousands came as pilgrims for the feast,
heard Christ
preached and didn't want to leave.
I was glad to see Kevin White's piece on the effects of microphones on the Mass
in the recent issue of First Things («Drop the Mic,» December 2012), for microphones have been on my mind lately as I
hear homilies at Masses several times a week and as I reflect on and teach about mission, liturgy, and
preaching in various contexts for the Year of Faith.
I thought straight away this is a joke as scriptures tell us only the father knows the time of his sons return and hes keeping it to himself he hasnt even told his son yet.Mark 13:32 This a mystery isnt God all knowing and isnt Jesus God it is a mystery.Yet I like that that is the case because it proves that the father is not the son and the son is not the father they are separate yet they are one just like the holy spirit.I have come across denominations that believe the father son and holy spirit are the one person i asked them how they can say that when Jesus was baptized we see 3 separate persons.We have enough information to know that we are
in the last days the signs are present and increasing.Ever since Israel became a nation the countdown has begun.The verse the enemy will come like a thief
in the night i have
heard preached many times and i believe the preachers have got it wrong because they
preach it from the view for the church to get there act together or you will miss out.This view is incorrect because if you are a born again believer following him
in obedience and relying on the holy spirit you are not walking
in darkness but are walking
in the light so you will not be caught unaware as those who are sleeping this is a warning for those who are sleeping or walking according to the flesh they are
in darkness.Remember the 10 wise virgins the ones who were alert and keep refilling there lamps went
in with the bride those who slept were left behind and so it will be when the Lord returns.Now is the time to prepare our hearts and lives to be ready for his return.It is an exciting time to be living and we are to live
in the expectation that the Lord could return at any time brentnz
The authors examine
preaching in 1,580 churches, and conclude that whether or not people listen, there is not much to
hear.
The topic of the sermon was worldly v godly ambition and NOWHERE
in the sermon was anything about these latest rounds of snafus addressed — it was like
hearing an alcoholic
preach about the need for sobriety while sipping a beer.
Since that time he has been traveling to college campuses and churches
preaching the gospel of climate emergency (and lamenting that there's nary a word about it
in the churches, though were he to go to the liberal churches he would
hear plenty about it).
So, for example, if your
hear a pastor saying, «You have to take up your cross daily and follow Jesus
in order to go to heaven when you die,» you can look
in the text he is
preaching from (maybe Matthew 16:24 - 26 or Luke 9:23 - 26), and see that Jesus is talking about saving your life (which is NOT the same thing as receiving eternal life) by living
in a profitable way here on earth (cf. Luke 9:24 - 25).
Having performed many miracles «
in that hour,» according to Luke, Jesus replied, «Go and tell John what you have
heard and seen,» and reminded the messengers of the various kinds of maladies they had seen cured, adding «and the poor have good news
preached to them.»
In that process —
preaching,
hearing, believing, calling, believing comes before calling.
If you are willing to
hear the Gospel
preached in the power of the Holy Spirit, you can be lead to believe.
People need to
hear a gospel
preached by someone who is radically
in love with Jesus.
Speaking of tracks, as soon as he got up to
preach, we
heard a train whistle off
in the distance.
«What I say to you
in the darkness, speak out
in the light; and what you
hear whispered into your ear,
preach from the rooftops» (Q 12:3 / Matt.
To be well
preached they ought not merely to be exhortations to pray — which most of the hearers have
heard many times — nor should they consist mainly of stories of remarkable answers to prayer
in which apparently God was persuaded to manage affairs according to the petitioner's request.
The job of a Christian preacher, he said, is to «proclaim the given gospel to the given world,» The given gospel — that is to say, the gospel which has come to him from the Christian tradition which he represents and for which
in his
preaching function he speaks; the given world — that is to say, men and women
in their actual concrete situation, with their interests and worries, their concerns and their problems, And the two are to go together, so that the gospel will be
heard and (one hopes) accepted by those who
hear its proclamation as directly relevant to their own lives.