What, exactly, does a theologian as theologian have to say about films? Or, really, about popular narrative altogether? There is a need to ask this question, because “theological criticism” is frequently attempted — not least by myself over the history of this blog, with varying success — but infrequently considered on its own, as a [...]
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Against Expository Preaching
By Robert Minto in Criticism, Gospel, Preaching, Rhetoric, ScriptureI am currently reading Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon, by Bryan Chapell. I haven’t finished the book yet, so some of what I am about to say may have to be modified at a later date. Still, I have some objections to this whole movement of expository preaching (to the degree that I’ve been [...]
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