Those who recognize their weaknesses are made strong. Those who recognize their inadequacies are made adequate. Those who realize their helplessness receive divine help. This is the sovereign design and infinite genius of God. Finite men must preach in the power that only an infinite God can provide.
– Steven Lawson in The Kind of Preaching God Blesses
Those who recognize their weaknesses are made strong. Those who recognize their inadequacies are made adequate. Those who realize their helplessness receive divine help. This is the sovereign design and infinite genius of God. Finite men must preach in the power that only an infinite God can provide.
– Steven Lawson in The Kind of Preaching God Blesses
The expositor’s responsibility is to preach the gospel and trust God to work in human hearts.– Steven Lawson in Expositor (Spring 2019)
Someone whose task is to exhort others to a life of godliness in response to the gospel of grace should himself reflect that holiness.– Derek W. H. Thomas in Expositor (Spring 2018)
Is Jesus Christ the dominant theme in your preaching? In the pulpit, do you magnify his sovereign lordship and saving work? In your ministry, do you continually point your listeners to him? Do you call people to commit their lives to Him?– Steven Lawson in The Kind of Preaching God Blesses
Simply put, all preachers are finite, and we must rely upon the infinite power of God in our pulpit ministries.– Steven Lawson in Expositor (Winter 2018)
Here are some good posts on preaching:
Two Common Mistakes Preachers Make – John Piper (DG)
5 Myths about Preaching – Joel Beeke (Crossway)
3 Things Not to Do After You Preach – Dave Harvey (TGC)
All man’s ideologies are spiritually bankrupt. They are impoverished in their inability to save. God alone is the Author of saving wisdom. Every preacher must be deeply persuaded of this reality, or he has no right to the pulpit. – Steven Lawson in The Kind of Preaching God Blesses
This foundational truth of Christ and Him crucified must be emblazoned upon every preacher’s soul.– Steven Lawson in The Kind of Preaching God Blesses
There is no chance of fire in the pews if there is an iceberg in the pulpit; and without personal prayer and communion with God during the preparation stages, the pulpit will be cold.– Alistair Begg in Preaching for God’s Glory
Brian J. Mikul 