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Series Preaching wherein also the variegated wisdom of God reveals itself; the form is not the most important. rather the content of the service. and the question is how this can be delivered most purposefully (Der Dienst Der Prediking, pp. 39, 40). It of necessity must be pointed out that the minis
If the theme of Scripture is the sovereign salvation of the elect through Jesus Christ, this must also be the main theme of every sermon which is to be based upon the Bible. Another type of sermon there is not. If a so-called sermon is not a development of this theme, it is not a sermon at all, but
After song came the sermon, which ordinarily lasted several hours. It was preached, not from a pulpit, but from a low dais supporting a simple wooden table. Here, in black clothes and black gloves, the Pastor expounded his text. When the sermon was completely preached, the congregation sang again, a
Hoeksema was determined to give the churches good preachers and good preaching. One requirement for good preaching, he insisted, is that preachers preach series of sermons, and not jump around in the Bible from isolated text to isolated text. Series preaching is the Reformed tradition. But Hoeksema’
Simple, too, are the services—singing without accompaniment, and prayer by members of the congregation. Sermons are not a doctrinal type. The preacher usually begins with the story of the fall of Adam, and continues on through the Bible for several hours.
NOT JUST ANY SERMON What kind of sermon justifies the conviction that the Word preached is the heart of the worship services on the Lord's Day? The Reformed "Form for the Ordination of Ministers of God's Word" gives the basic and traditional definition of a sermon: to "faithfully explain to [the] f
Finally, he seeks to write the sermon in logical form to help God’s people take hold of the Word. In all this, the sermon must show how this text reveals the wonder of salvation in Christ, His cross and resurrection. At the same time, understand that the work of making a sermon is intensely spiritua
Preaching Style of David Martyn Lloyd-Jones The material of verses 3-14, however, is covered in the first sermon and touched on again in the second and third sermons of the series. 64 Another example of this is the fact that the Doctor preached a total of sixty sermons on Matthew, chapters five, six
Making sermons seemed like such a tremendous task, that often after the Sunday afternoon service, I found myself in the study preparing for the next Sabbath that always followed the previous one so rapidly. Although the congregation tended to remain aloof and was reluctant to show any great warmth,
Solid, biblical, Reformed sermons spoken by Christ through his ambassadors and rightly dividing the Word of truth along the lines of double predestination must go before the celebration of the Supper. The Word publicly proclaimed must be the call to repent and be turned to Jehovah, the chief means o