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So What? (Preaching Point #12)

This entry is part 12 of 12 in the series Preaching Points

Over the years I’ve taught preaching in university courses and mentored a number of preaching apprentices and preachers-in-training.  This series summarizes some of the most basic yet most useful preaching points I’ve emphasized in these settings. I hope you’ll join the fantastic Jim Martin and me as we teach “Preaching That Connects” at Harding School [...]

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Intercession as Listening

This entry is part 36 of 36 in the series ShortPostsFrom10MinuteMystic

Richard Foster proposes that intercession starts with listening.[i]  Foster writes that “Listening to the Lord is the first thing, the second thing, and the third thing necessary for successful intercession.”  For example, he suggests, instead of continuing to pray for Aunt Susie’s arthritis just as you have been for twenty years, stop and listen.  Perhaps [...]

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