Tag Archives: Discernment

Three Questions for Every Text (Preaching Point #5)

This entry is part 5 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. Preaching Point #5: Ask historical, literary, and theological questions of the text. There are two basic skills required as [...]

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The Disease of Distraction

The Faith in Memphis panel I serve on was asked last week to contribute posts to this question: What most concerns you about Memphis? I wrote about the disease of distraction:

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