tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246769289463858102.post6131482257498798490..comments2023-10-20T10:06:23.364-04:00Comments on Preaching Essentials- Lenny Luchetti: Preaching Lost and FoundLenny Luchettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08896001990363426239noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246769289463858102.post-71594842452493787212007-10-24T06:24:00.000-04:002007-10-24T06:24:00.000-04:00Great thoughts Tim. Many of us organize our reach...Great thoughts Tim. Many of us organize our reaching thoghts in points, I do. I don't want to sound as if I am criticizing sermons simply because of their use of points. I'm thinking of certain kinds of points that sound real clever and cute, and may even be alliterated, but have no clear connection to the tex being preacing or to the Christian meta-narrative. Thanks for keeping in touch and hope you guys are doing well.<BR/>LennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246769289463858102.post-56064707016888712172007-10-23T16:13:00.000-04:002007-10-23T16:13:00.000-04:00Good thoughts Lenny, I've really benefitted both p...Good thoughts Lenny, I've really benefitted both personally and pastorally from a redemptive-historical approach to preaching, so instead of writting a sermon like "Dare to be a Daniel" where we abstract 'timeless truths' from Daniel's story, we put it in a redemptive historical framework, see it as the Word of God which points to Christ {Luke 24:44ff, etc). <BR/><BR/>This is tough to do consistently, I'm still learning. I also still tend to use points to organize where I'm going so hopefully my listener doesn't feel I'm just dragging on. <BR/><BR/>At the end of the day though nothing excites me more than finding everything pointing to Jesus and even preaching the gospel from the most "unlikely" texts.<BR/><BR/>Great thoughts, thanks.timbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13059862238106919852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246769289463858102.post-87543587230507063152007-10-23T15:46:00.000-04:002007-10-23T15:46:00.000-04:00Thanks for your comments Gina. It seems to me you...Thanks for your comments Gina. It seems to me you have a real good handle on what I was trying to say and you seem to say it even better than I did. Thanks...I think.<BR/><BR/>Say hello to Chris and the girls for me and hopefully we see you around Christmas.<BR/><BR/>Blessings in Christ,<BR/>LennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246769289463858102.post-11694607393549927342007-10-23T00:06:00.000-04:002007-10-23T00:06:00.000-04:00Hi Lenny, I am *probably* completely out of my dep...Hi Lenny, I am *probably* completely out of my depth posting back to this, but your post reminded me of "Searching for God Knows What" by Donald Miller, who I know you're familiar with. I'm nearly done with this book, and it's a great cure for my rationality, which tends to pick apart the "how could it be's" of scripture, and is teaching me to look at it more like a narrative of love from God, rather than a functional list of do's and don'ts or a "steps to becoming a better Christian". I've always been taught that it was more of the latter and that approach has made me keep my distance for a very long time.<BR/><BR/>The idea of love in scriptures, in fact, was something I only recall from a brief period in my childhood Catholic education, a notion of Jesus as such love, and it's only VERY recently that it's become clear as a main point of what God wants to communicate and share with us.<BR/><BR/>Scientism, didn't know that term before, interesting, but my scientific mind is rebelling against the idea, lol...<BR/><BR/>Hope all is well,<BR/><BR/>gina fosco<BR/>www.whatnextgod.comginabadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03088452361963571004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246769289463858102.post-61624282679301135022007-10-20T19:02:00.000-04:002007-10-20T19:02:00.000-04:00Ben, right you are. Historical and literary criti...Ben, right you are. Historical and literary critical methods are needed but must not supercede the importance of the Holy Spirit through the text and the humility of the reader to the text.<BR/>Great to hear from you. It would be great to catch up soon.<BR/><BR/>Aaron, thanks for checking out my blog. Hope you're doing well balancing the church with dissertation demands.<BR/><BR/>Blessings in Chrit to you both,<BR/>LennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246769289463858102.post-39101901396689358322007-10-20T12:09:00.000-04:002007-10-20T12:09:00.000-04:00Lenny,Thanks for posting. One of my biggest regret...Lenny,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting. One of my biggest regrets from last year was that we didn't get a whole week with Green.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14692525712872909877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246769289463858102.post-88651653986024336972007-10-20T08:53:00.000-04:002007-10-20T08:53:00.000-04:00My dear brother from another mother,how great that...My dear brother from another mother,<BR/>how great that you are getting to benefit from such great teaching. I mostly agree with the thrust of your post, except that I don't think the modern church almost lost the perspective of being transformed by the redemptive storyline of the Bible. Certainly, the excesses of scientism were there among some. But much of this was being corrected by modernist biblical scholars with a faith commitment long before "postmodernism" came upon the scene. But that's almost beside the point. The great thing that we agree on is that we can apply our best methods of historical and literary study to the Bible and we don't have to neglect our relationship to the Savior while we are doing that.Zephyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03535537338626840403noreply@blogger.com