How did the Early Church Preach and Teach Scripture?
by Sam
Tags: Mark Driscoll, Marshill, missional, Preaching, Preaching Christ, WTSbooks
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I just came across a series of books by Hughes Oliphant Old, which examine how the church over the centuries has understood preaching and teaching the Scriptures. I always run into people that are expository only folks, and I ask them to show me the biblical evidence to prove that we can only preaching exegetically verse by verse through a book, then they stop bugging me.
Mark Driscoll did a lecture series on the topic of different types of preaching. Thematic, Narrative, Exegetical, Textual, and Topical.
Here is the question:
What type of preaching best suits a missional church, and why?
the link to those books are here: Vol. I, Vol. II, Vol. III, Vol. IV, Vol. V, Vol. VI.
Lets Talk About: Church Growth
A Few months ago I posted about how Marshill is set to expand and Mark Driscoll’s quote on growth in the church. He said”Is it allabout the number?…It is! Its about the number of people who meet Jesus, and who get new lives. We want that number to be as big as possible.”
Yesterday Our church hit 140 for the second week in a row, which means that compared to the average in the summer we are 40% bigger. When we took a good look at the room after service we realized that we could only fit about 20-25 more people in the room.
I think that could create an interesting challenge in the next several month.
so what does a church do when they are about to out grow another building?
Church Celebrities Good or Bad?
At this point I must confess that I can be called as a Church Celebrity groupie(see JollyBlogger). There are several preachers that I wish I could met, and even chat with. Two of my top “pastors id like to talk with” are Tim Keller and Mark Driscoll.
In reality I think most guys in ministry are the same as I am, they have certain rock stars, or Celebrity pastors they look up too. I’d rather not call them idols for obvious reasons.
Some guys I know really like D.A. Carson, others like John Piper, others John McArthur, and the list can go on and on.
So here is the question: Is it good to have these Church Celebrities? Do we do churches an injustice when we just focus on one of their leaders? Tim Keller is not the only leader in Redeemer, and Mar’s Hill has 24 elders, but most people just think of Mark Driscoll.
I have friends that visited Redeemer and they said that Keller is sort of whisked away, after he is done preaching.
Here is another question do having these celebrities send a message to other pastors that success in ministry is truly attained when you and your church are on the national stage?
Id love to know if other men in church leadership struggle with these questions.
Interesting Links, and Articles
by Sam
Tags: Church, Church Planting, Culture, Mark Driscoll, Marshill, missional, Tim Keller
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Goodmanson ask whether or not the Gospel is Awakening.
Mark Driscoll points to the signs of burnout.
David Fairchild talks about the Top 25 Church planting churches
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