Don’t we need pastors to equip the saints?
July 30, 2009 by churchless
Filed under Clergy, FAQ, Sermons, Sunday Meetings
As a former pastor, I viewed my preaching ministry through the lens of Ephesians 4 (below) and seriously believed that my twice-a-week sermons fulfilled, to a large extent, the discipleship mandate found in the Great Commission. I invested an enormous amount of energy and time out of my weekly schedule to study a passage of [...]
Why Nehemiah 8 does not support expository preaching
March 7, 2009 by churchless
Filed under Clergy, Institutional Church, Sermons
My good friends—many of them evangelical pastors—when asked for a biblical defense of expository preaching (aka exegetical preaching or verse-by-verse preaching), point to the example of Ezra’s public reading of the Law of Moses in Nehemiah 8:1–18. But they fail to acknowledge is:
The uniqueness of the occasion — It was a time of celebration! The [...]
Another reason why sermons are unnecessary
June 4, 2008 by churchless
Filed under Sermons
Have you ever heard or read an explanation of the following passage?
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall [...]