Robert Smith: How I Preach
Robert Smith: And this is How I Preach …
[It is a pleasure to highlight Robert Smith, an acclaimed preacher in evangelicalism today, on How I Preach. We have connected off and on at meetings of the Evangelical Homiletics Society meetings, and I’ve made it a priority to listen to him whenever I get the chance. His wealth of experience brings insights that are heartfelt and stimulating. Here’s Robert ….]
Robert Smith, Jr.
Vibration!
Apparently seeing is hearing!
All you need is a bag of potato chips, preferably empty in your room. Someone can hear you, just by looking at said bag of said sliced and fried goods.
Well, not exactly. But researchers at MIT came close.
You see, sound is a mechanical wave that results from back and forth vibrations of the media through which it moves (air, water, etc.), creating compressions and rarefactions, like ripples in water when you drop a pebble. And when these c’s
Solitude!
Everyone says they crave a moment of solitude. “Leave me alone,” they beseech.
But a study by researchers from the University of Virginia and Harvard showed, in findings published in Science, that if you do leave them alone, they don’t like it.
One scientist commented:
I was surprised that people find themselves such bad company. It seems that the average person doesn’t seem to be capable of generating a sufficiently interesting train of thought to prevent them from
Genesis: Introduction
This is the first in a series of posts on each pericope of Genesis. This will essentially be a distillation of what is in my commentary (Genesis: A Theological Commentary for Preachers; more on the book, and a free chapter download, here). Of course, the book contains far more detail than can be reproduced
Smarter?
Apparently the average American thinks he or she is more intelligent than the average American!
Here are the stats from a new survey by YouGov, a research group that conducts online polls.
Compared to the “average American” …
19% think they are “much more intelligent”
36% think they are “slightly more intelligent”
Fallen!
The Fuente del Ángel Caído (Fountain of the Fallen Angel) stands in a section of Retiro Park in Madrid. It is a monument to … Satan! In a Catholic country!
Created by Ricardo Bellver in 1873, it was bought by Spain and installed in Retiro Park. The pedestal of the statue was designed by Francisco Jareño, who created an octagonal structure with devils on every side chomping vermin and spouting water at the same time. The whole structure, about 20 feet high, is in the
Reg Grant: How I Preach
Reg Grant: And this is How I Preach …
[I’m delighted to showcase my DTS colleague Reg Grant on How I Preach. He is a renaissance man with wide and exotic interests in homiletics, aesthetics, drama, film, literary theory …. So he is a preacher, a media buff, actor, director, and author. And you should see him play the congas! A fun guy to be around, so … y’all have fun!]
Reg Grant
Chairman
Abe Kuruvilla is the Carl E. Bates Professor of Christian Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY), and a dermatologist in private practice. His passion is to explore, explain, and exemplify preaching.