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Mining the web

Tim V-B — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:41:59 +0000

Some good things found around the ‘net.

Go and visit the website of Dutch chain store HEMA. Now watch what happens! Guaranteed to raise a smile.

Are you a preacher? Have you discovered Tim Keller yet? His teaching on preaching is some of the best I have ever discovered. On iTunes you can find 18 hours (or so) of preaching lectures by Tim and Ed Clowney: “Preaching Christ in a Post-Modern World“. I’ve listened to a few and thoroughly enjoyed them. Did I say they were free? I’ve now discovered that you can get the handout (189 pages of goodness) from here (direct link).

A Remembrance Day Sermon

Tim V-B — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:25:00 +0000

Earlier this month I preached on Remembrance Day (which was a Sunday). My text was Amos 5:24 “But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.”

It was part of a series on Amos, otherwise the passage isn’t the most obvious choice!

You can find it here courtesy of Google Docs.

Jonathan Edwards – hear his sermons!

Tim V-B — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:45:00 +0000

Every month the good folks at Christian Audio have a free audio book to download. This month they are offering The Best of Jonathan Edwards’ Sermons – simply add it to your cart, then during checkout use JUN2007 as a coupon code.

“The Jonathan Edwards trilogy includes three of the most important sermons ever preached on American soil. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God is maybe the most important and well-known sermon of his, but also included is A Divine and Supernatural Light describing and illuminating what Edwards describes as a supernatural light imparted by God. His farewell sermon was given in June of 1750 and is a commendation to those who are in the Lord’s service, a plea to maintain unity, avoid dissension and false doctrine, and a call to devote themselves to prayer.”

Excited about Preaching!

Tim V-B — Tue, 29 May 2007 18:09:00 +0000

While I tidy up my Wycliffe room I’m running Ubuntu on Caroline’s laptop and ripping Tim Keller talks onto my mobile phone. Last year Tim Keller delivered a series of lectures on preaching at Gordon-Conwell on the topic of Preaching to the Heart. Here are the sessions:

Preaching to the Heart without being Legalistic
Preaching to the Heart without being Piestic
Unintentional Preaching Models
Reading, Preparation, Conversation, and Preaching
Preaching to “Emerging” Culture
Preaching to the Heart without being Individualistic

I ordered these from the Ockenga Institute. It also includes a CD with the PDF files as well – being Tim Keller, we’re talking some 40 pages of full script handouts! I haven’t listened to them yet (which is why they’re going onto my phone) but a glance at the handouts have whetted my appetite. These could be the best resources about preaching I have come across – and I’m speaking as someone who has had some of the best conservative evangelical training going in the UK. I’ll post my favourite quotes and ideas as we go on.