Preaching with Purpose: The Urgent Task of Homiletics (Biblia.com)

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"The amazing lack of concern for purpose among homileticians and preachers has spawned a brood of preachers who are dull, lifeless, abstract and impersonal; it has obscured truth, hindered joyous Christian living, destroyed dedication and initiative, and stifled service for Christ." –Jay Adams, from the book Preaching needs to become purposeful, says Jay Adams, because purposeless preaching is...

preacher knows he is saying what the Holy Spirit said, for the purpose of the Holy Spirit in saying it, that he speaks with power and with authority. This, in part, is what made the difference between Christ and the Pharisees: And the result was that when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at His teaching since He taught them as an authority and not as their scribes (Matt. 7:28, 29). All through the preceding Sermon on the Mount, Jesus corrected the faulty use the scribes (religious

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