Ben discusses the concepts of meekness and readiness of mind, explaining how these attitudes can transform the way individuals engage with biblical teachings. Includes practical steps to cultivate these qualities, encouraging listeners to approach sermons and scripture with expectation and humility. Send me a text! Support the show
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Ben discusses the concepts of meekness and readiness of mind, explaining how these attitudes can transform the way individuals engage with biblical teachings. Includes practical steps to cultivate these qualities, encouraging listeners to approach sermons and scripture with expectation and humility. Send me a text! Support the show
The Minister’s Work & Message: On Preaching and Preaching Christ
Especially the Preaching
34 minutes
5 months ago
The Minister’s Work & Message: On Preaching and Preaching Christ
In this roundtable-style episode, Ben is joined by friends Job Dalomba and Stephen Spinnenweber to discuss two weighty themes from Pastoral Theology by Thomas Murphy: Preaching as the Minister’s Chief Calling, and Christ as the Sum and Substance of All Preaching. “The minister ought, by all means, to cultivate a very high appreciation of the importance of preaching, and to concentrate on it all his energies. The hour in the pulpit he should look upon as the harvest hour of the week. Everythin...
Especially the Preaching
Ben discusses the concepts of meekness and readiness of mind, explaining how these attitudes can transform the way individuals engage with biblical teachings. Includes practical steps to cultivate these qualities, encouraging listeners to approach sermons and scripture with expectation and humility. Send me a text! Support the show