Ten Conclusions About Preaching

Last updated on: June 27, 2018 at 11:05 pm By Adrian Warnock

This post represents the last of my republished series on preaching, and first appeared on my blog back in March 2007. I still will be only blogging monday-wednesday-friday the next few weeks as my book deadline approaches. I appreciate your prayers. Here are 10 conclusions about preaching: Expository preaching should be defined as preaching that seeks to explain the main point of the portion of the Scripture selected. Expository preaching does not always have to take place as part of... Read more

Together At Butlins Session 4 – Terry Virgo

Last updated on: July 6, 2018 at 10:49 am By Adrian Warnock

We are now drawing to a close of our weekend together, although there will still be swimming, and other activities this afternoon. I was pleased yesterday to get a fastest lap time on the gokarts of 21.150. If any of my readers were here and got a faster time, do feel free to let me know! Terry came to speak to us again on Jonah 2 and 3. Perhaps the key verse in this passage is God’s word coming again... Read more

Together at Butlins 3 – Terry Virgo

Last updated on: July 6, 2018 at 10:49 am By Adrian Warnock

Terry began by giving a report about his trip to Australia and New Zealand which really helped to put his talk into the context of a movement that spans the globe and is on a mission together. It was so exciting to realize how small we are here in this conference even though we are here with 3600 people on a site that is fully booked. This conference is a local one just for a part of the UK. Across... Read more

Together at Butlins 2 – Dave Stroud

Last updated on: January 24, 2009 at 11:03 am By Adrian Warnock

This morning I again plan on sharing only a short summary of Dave Stroud’s talk. He spoke about how we are called to be salt and light in the world. Dave begun by speaking about the difference between Plato’s view of the physical body and realm and the Christian one. He told us not to think of our eternal state in heaven as a place of disembodied spirits hanging around. Our bodies are part of God’s creation, and there is no divide... Read more

Together At Butlins Session 1 – Steve Tibbert

Last updated on: January 23, 2009 at 8:55 pm By Adrian Warnock

This bit of live blogging will definitely not be as detailed as usual. You can blame my tiredness from the three hour plus drive. Friday night traffic had me wondering if I should have gone round the M25 the opposite way. But when I got here I found that everyone from Jubilee had the same experience whichever way they had chosen to try and get here. So, by the time we had unpacked the car, got to our room, eaten... Read more

Together At Butlins

Last updated on: January 23, 2009 at 8:00 pm By Adrian Warnock

I interrupt my automated blogging to give you a bit of good old-fashioned live blogging from a Bible Weekend. Don’t expect too many posts, or the posts to be long posts. I won’t even be recording any interviews at this event. Why? Well, if you are a regular reader of this blog, you will know that aside from my busy regular job, being a father of five, a husband, and part of the leadership team of Jubilee Church London, a... Read more

"Preachers Are Modern Day Prophets" – Mark Dever

Last updated on: January 28, 2018 at 4:36 pm By Adrian Warnock

“. . . expositional preachers are modern day prophets, serving merely as conduits through which the Word of God may flow into the people of God in order to do the work of God in them.” Mark Dever Read more

What Black and White Preachers Can Learn From Each Other

Last updated on: June 23, 2020 at 10:43 am By Adrian Warnock

The following is an old but very important blog post on preaching that you should read carefully and prayerfully. “Black preaching” is stereotypically thought to be emotional, even cathartic, rhythmic, centered on suffering and celebration, and ultimately doctrinally shallow. “White preaching” is thought to be (stereotypically) largely the reverse: doctrinal, cold, intellectual, etc. . . At least that’s what you’d believe if you believe the cultural stereotypes. And nothing, in my mind, has quite done as much damage to the... Read more

MLJ on the Spirit's Direction of a Preacher

Last updated on: July 29, 2018 at 10:51 am By Adrian Warnock

You can call this what you will, but I would call it a prophecy. Certainly it seems like a communication from the Holy Spirit today. It might be enough to have got the Doctor thrown out of some churches… “..one morning while dressing, quite suddenly and in an overwhelming manner, it seemed to me that the spirit of God was urging me to preach a series of sermons on ‘spiritual depression’. Quite literally while I was dressing the series took... Read more

John Stott on Conclusions that Count in Sermons

Last updated on: September 16, 2017 at 6:23 pm By Adrian Warnock

John Stott was a master of preaching. Here is what he believes on preaching for a response. You can read more here. “The conclusion should not merely recapitulate your sermon—it should apply it. Obviously, you should be applying all along, but you should keep something for the end which will prevail upon your people to take action. “No summons, no sermon.” Preach through the head to the heart (i.e. the will). The goal of the sermon should be to “storm... Read more