The question is not, “Do you open the Bible and comment on it?” but “How do you open the Bible and comment on it?”
Trevin Wax, Gospel-Centered Teaching (Page 78)
POSTS TAGGED : Preaching
Telling vs. Showing
The way you help your people understand that the gospel is for all of life is not by telling them the gospel pervades everything, but by showing them in how you teach…The gospel is what makes our teaching distinctively Christian.
Trevin Wax, Gospel-Centered Teaching (Page 42)
On Keeping Teaching Focused on Christ
We sometimes get so busy thinking that people need more information or better application that we forget that our main task is to lead people to exultation…we exult—we delight in the Savior we exalt.
Trevin Wax, Gospel-Centered Teaching (Page 17)
Learning to Think in Illustrations
I’ve been aware of my greatest “technical” weakness in preaching since the first time I stepped into the pulpit: Illustrations. I’m not a flowery writer. I’m analytical and detailed…not a storyteller. My wife comes from a family of storytellers. I don’t.