I was raised to be polite and respectful. I also reserve the right to answer an impolite and disrespectful fool according to his folly as the need requires. Let the reader understand.

Getting ready for class four of nine this week at Ecola. Having a ball!

Why guess when you can know?

So...I have a question. Writing this article yesterday has made me wonder if returning to writing would be a good thing. Level with me: if I wrote an article once a month in a long-form style like the last one (with better editing!), would folks be interested enough to read it?

Final point: You can talk about Christ in a sermon and it still not be Christ-centered. If "Christ for pardon" and "Christ for power" isn't proclaimed, it's not Christ-centered preaching. If it doesn't distinguish law and gospel, that ain't it, either!

Thought #3: Preaching that doesn't inform isn't preaching, any more than preaching that doesn't appeal. Why we condemn one extreme while celebrating another is...curious to me.

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Thought #2: Experiential preaching isn't being intense in the pulpit. It is "preaching from the heart of the preacher to the heart of his people." (Beeke)

Thought #1: Too often, our discussions of preaching betray a weak understanding of the Spirit's work. The assumption with many is that unless preaching looks and sounds a particular way, it is Spirit-empowered. We might do well to question that assumption and its roots.

Last night. X is a dumb name.

I had a few thoughts that didn't make the final cut in my Substack. I'll be scattering them throughout the day after my class this morning.

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Day two of my Hermeneutics class today. Yesterday went well. Great class with a lot of hunger for the subject.

It's rough and raw with little editing...but here is all 2000+ words worth of my thoughts about the Paul Washer clip going around: https://t.co/tjZAqe8Vp5

One thing I’ve learned and re-learned over the years— If you want to know what a particular preacher or theologian really believed and taught, make sure you give him time to speak for himself, whether in writing or preaching/teaching. Don’t settle for what you hear about him

Still at it...probably be 2500 words by the end of the night.

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I'm 1000 words in on this Substack...and only two points in. Good thing this is not a sermon prep day!

If a man is called as an elder in a church and, from necessity, gives up the kind ministry that proved his qualification—discipling and counseling others, teaching, evangelizing, etc—for the sake of organizational management, that church’s elder ministry may be broken.

Switching to my Substack for the thread I want to post. Writing 20+ posts on my phone is nuts. Loading...

Getting ready for my class but I have a long thread coming with some thoughts on this whole preaching issue that's flared up this weekend.

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Flying up to Portland to teach a week-long class on Hermeneutics for 61 students at Ecola Bible College. Please pray for a blessed week of learning how to handle God's Word!

I always find it irritating when guys who don’t bear the long-term responsibility of preaching weekly for a single congregation criticize guys who do. Even if the critique is valid, it’s still like a broadcaster criticizing a coach. It’s easy to find errors, but when there’s no

Case in point re: my last tweet. At least, in person, you have to actually hear my words, tone, context, etc.

Reminded once again that serious conversation isn't happening online any more.