aBeLOG
Welcome to the aBeLOG, a series of (hopefully!) fortnightly posts on all matters homiletical. I intend to touch on whatever grabs my attention regarding preaching—issues contemporary and ancient, ideas hermeneutical and rhetorical, personalities conservative and liberal, publications antiquarian and avant-garde. Essentially, I’m going to follow my own homiletical olfactory instincts up rabbit trails and after red herrings. Comments are always invited and appreciated.
Steve Mathewson: How I Preach
Steve Mathewson: And this is How I Preach …
[Steve’s been a fixture in the camp of serious thinkers of preaching. Particularly on preaching Old Testament narrative, this man’s wisdom is worth tapping. And his three decades of preaching experience have given him an abundance of that rare commodity. We shared a conference session last year at the Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society. The gracious and kindly soul he is, he consented to participate
Genesis 11:27−12:20
God’s blessings are fulfilled through obedience that sacrifices and that relinquishes human contrivances in favor of an unshakeable trust in God.
Primeval history (Genesis 1–11) leads to patriarchal history (Genesis 12–50). The former ends on a rather depressing note: mankind seems prone to sin, and sin only seems to worsen with each generation. After the Tower of Babel episode, it seemed to have all gone irremediably awry.
But at the outset of his story, Abram is
Kent Anderson: How I Preach
Kent Anderson: And this is How I Preach …
[Kent Anderson has been in ministry and involved heavily with the field of homiletics for several decades. And he is a charter member of the Evangelical Homiletics Society. Not to mention his enthusiastic activities of authoring and blogging (check out his blog here). He’s been a fixture of preaching in evangelical circles all over Canada, and
Lectures
Videos of the 2015 Griffith Thomas Lectures at Dallas Seminary (February 3–6, 2015), have been uploaded here. Each of the four lectures is about 40 minutes in length.
February 3: A Vision for Preaching: Importance
February 4: A Vision for Preaching: Impact
February 5: A Vision for Preaching: Implications 1
February 6: A Vision for Preaching: Implications 2
More about the lectures here and here.
Let me know what you think ….
(And a heartfelt thanks for all y’all’s
Livestream!
Livestream of my Griffith-Thomas Lectures at Dallas Seminary …
When:
Each day, February 3–6, 2015.
At 10:30–11:30 am US Central Time.
Where:
More info on the lectures:
See this blogpost.
Hope y’all tune in!
Prayers appreciated!
Thanks!
Genesis 10:1−11:26
Mankind’s hubris—the making of a name for itself—prevents its experiencing God’s blessings.
There are two genealogies (Gen 10:21–31 and 11:10–32) surrounding the Tower of Babel narrative (11:1–9). While the first five in the series are paralleled in both genealogies, 10:25 breaks away after the mention of Peleg (which means “division”). The resumption of the genealogy through Peleg and onwards occurs at 11:10, after an exposition of the division and how
Lectureship!
Dr. Mark Bailey, President of Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS), described W. H. Griffith Thomas (1861–1924) as “one of the founding minds and hearts of Dallas Theological Seminary … with a passion of a new approach to theological education, where the central text of study would be the scriptures, and where Christ especially would be honored.” You might be surprised to know the man was an Anglican; but, then again, the two other co-founders of DTS were a Presbyterian
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. 