tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31896366.post9190343892357585756..comments2024-03-22T07:16:35.188+00:00Comments on Against Heresies: Proof-texting: A form of theological shorthandMartin Downeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08019053545918223050noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31896366.post-22696399691815124272012-02-25T00:28:08.783+00:002012-02-25T00:28:08.783+00:00Have you finished your work on the Catechism yet? ...Have you finished your work on the Catechism yet? I would love to see what you've done! You can email me at lordyhwh@rock.comChaz Reednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31896366.post-49211006679028346742009-12-01T18:39:50.278+00:002009-12-01T18:39:50.278+00:00Oh - my email is lordyhwh@rock.com.Oh - my email is lordyhwh@rock.com.Chaz Reednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31896366.post-38898755265225732792009-12-01T18:30:37.400+00:002009-12-01T18:30:37.400+00:00I'm reworking the Shorter Catechism myself! I ...I'm reworking the Shorter Catechism myself! I would love to see what you've done up to this point and I would be glad to share my work!Chaz Reednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31896366.post-80337340373974894522009-12-01T18:29:51.100+00:002009-12-01T18:29:51.100+00:00I'm reworking the Shorter Catechism myself! I ...I'm reworking the Shorter Catechism myself! I would love to see what you've done up to this point and I would be glad to share my work!Chaz Reednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31896366.post-82376471528791496862009-05-12T17:11:00.000+01:002009-05-12T17:11:00.000+01:00And less opportunities to do it....? i.e. the tren...And less opportunities to do it....? i.e. the trend towards single Sunday meetings. <br /><br />Interesting to hear Keller say he took a different approach in a settled congregation (more like one verse preaching) and in an urban culture (larger chunks). My sense is that both have a part to play.<br /><br />It can also be useful (and INCREDIBLY old fashioned) to have a text on which to hang a sermon. So, as I preach Luke 8.26-39 focusing on the demonic world, might people not be helped if I start and finish with 1 John 3.8?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31896366.post-89032203023079107312009-05-12T13:13:00.000+01:002009-05-12T13:13:00.000+01:00Thanks for praying. My arm continues to improve, ...Thanks for praying. My arm continues to improve, but it will be a little while until I am able to return to the circus.<br /><br />I'm sure that you are right about single text preaching. Hard not to do that with all the weighty, condensed, statements in the epistles.Martin Downeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08019053545918223050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31896366.post-84951969104698062982009-05-12T12:47:00.000+01:002009-05-12T12:47:00.000+01:00that's very helpful. Praying for you today as you ...that's very helpful. Praying for you today as you do it. I think that the mistrust of prooftexting, possibly resulting from evidence of bad practise, led to a similar mistrust of single text preaching. Where 30 years ago you could find excellent examples of people preaching one verse, it has almost disappeared today. Instead literary-historical contextual preaching is considered by many to be the only legitimate form, with anything else being bad preaching by default. <br /><br />Hope your arm is getting betterMarcushttp://www.marcushoneysett.squarespace.comnoreply@blogger.com