Weekly Roundup: Listening to Sermons, Avoiding Boring Sermons, and Pastoring
Resources on sermons: listening to sermons, avoiding boring sermons, and pastoring as more than just preaching sermons.
Resources
How to Listen to a Sermon | Phil Ryken | Reformation21
For a Christian, the best day is always Sunday, where we have the privilege of worshipping the Lord by prayer, singing, listening to preaching, and fellowshipping. But do you know the right way to listen to a sermon?
So what is the right way to listen to a sermon? With a soul that is prepared, a mind that is alert, a Bible that is open, a heart that is receptive, and a life that is ready to spring into action.
Content Isn’t Everything — Or, Some Help for the Boring Bible Teacher | Jamie Dunlop | 9Marks
Ouch. If you’re a Bible teacher, this can definitely help!
Pastoring Is So Much More Than Preaching | Tim Challies
This is a nice balance to the first two posts.
Here is the question that has been challenging me: Can a shepherd care for his flock if he doesn’t know his flock? Can he be faithful to his charge if he doesn’t really know his sheep? Can he keep watch over all the flock if he is not familiar with the individual lives and challenges of the flock?
God’s Independence and Our Worth | Wayne Grudem
… we and the rest of creation can glorify God and bring him joy … This must be stated in order to guard against any idea that God’s independence makes us meaningless. Someone might wonder, if God does not need us for anything, then are we important at all? Is there any significance to our existence or to the existence of the rest of creation? In response it must be said that we are in fact very meaningful because God has created us and he has determined that we would be meaningful to him. That is the final definition of genuine significance.1
Grudem, Wayne. Systematic Theology: an Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. Inter-Varsity, 2007, 162. ↩︎
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