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John Stott on speaking out about contemporary issues

John Stott on speaking out about contemporary issues

Over the Christmas period, I read John Stott’s book I believe in Preaching. The book may be 40 years old, but I found it immensely helpful, encouraging, as well as challenging. One chapter in particular stood out for me as being especially helpful, which is called ‘Preaching as Bridge-Building’. This chapter is all about how […]

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Posted on January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 by Phill Sacre

The conservative evangelical obsession with preaching

The conservative evangelical obsession with preaching

A few days ago I read an interesting blog post by Sam Allberry called Reigniting Our Churches. There he says: Many, if not most, of my friends are at churches regarded as being among the best in the country for Bible teaching. But the repeated feedback I keep hearing from so many is that things […]

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Posted on September 5, 2021September 5, 2021 by Phill Sacre

What Conservative Evangelicals get wrong about preaching

What Conservative Evangelicals get wrong about preaching

I have spent pretty much my entire life going to evangelical churches. These are churches where the sermon is often the ‘main event’ in a service. This was especially true in the church I attended before going to theological college. There, a very high value was placed on having “good” preaching – it was really […]

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Posted on February 7, 2021February 9, 2021 by Phill Sacre

Why we should be grateful for Vicky Beeching

I recently talked a little about Vicky Beeching’s book – Undivided – and why I think it is dangerous for the church. I stand by what I said there – but, at the same time, I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately and I think there are reasons to be grateful to Vicky Beeching. […]

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Posted on July 27, 2018March 16, 2020 by Phill Sacre

Preaching, Rhetoric and Michael Curry

OK, OK, I know everyone is bored of talking about Michael Curry now. But I wanted to pick up on one thing which few people have really talked about – the delivery and style of his sermon, rather than the content. In my previous post I said that it was powerful, and Ian Paul has […]

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Posted on May 26, 2018February 9, 2021 by Phill Sacre

Preaching and communication: Lessons from the Sermon on the Mount

Over the last few weeks I’ve been spending a bit of time in Matthew 5 preparing for various sermons. As well as being struck by how rich the Sermon on the Mount is – you could easily do a sermon series on the Beatitudes, for example – I’ve been struck by how profound Jesus is […]

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Posted on February 15, 2017March 28, 2020 by Phill Sacre
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