Preaching should and must have a great impact on the welfare, present and future, of the human race. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately 1 in 5 adults in the US struggles with mental illness in a given year.
Preaching
Principles of Hermeneutics, Homiletics and Expository Sermon Writing
If you wrote a letter with some statements in it that are a little ambiguous, then what does the letter mean? It means what you intended it to mean, not what the reader thinks it might mean. The true meaning of a text resides in the authorial intent of the text.
Tim Keller on Preaching to a Mixed Audience
Posted on 2011/09/21 by Daniel L. Sonnenberg I appreciate the work of Pastor Tim Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian in downtown Manhattan in New York City. Over the past twenty years he has brought the Gospel to bear on a generation of mostly professionals… Read More ›
Thoughts on Preaching
Posted on 2011/08/10 by Daniel L. Sonnenberg I am adjusting to the new responsibility of preaching every Sunday. My preaching responsibilities in the past were more infrequent, so I’m adjusting to a much faster pace. I love God’s word and the process of… Read More ›
Lloyd-Jones on the Practice of Real Preaching
Lloyd-Jones on the Practice of Real Preaching by Daniel L. Sonnenberg, Wilmington, NC
Four Reasons Preaching is a Supernatural Event
Written for Dr. Steve Brown, Communication II, Reformed Theological Seminary (Orlando), 2003. Preaching is a supernatural event for at least four reasons. First, preaching is the proclamation and application of Scripture which is God-breathed. Scripture itself tells us that it is metaphorically… Read More ›
The Problem Post-Moderns Have with Meaning and How a Preacher Can Speak to That Problem
Written at Reformed Theological Seminary (Orlando), 2002-2004. Post-moderns say two things about texts. First, they say that texts do not have meaning in themselves. Rather, the meaning of a text “emerges only as the interpreter enters into dialogue with the… Read More ›
