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Confessions of a Reformission Rev. | Mark Driscoll

by Matt McCarnan on June 11th, 2007

Confessions of a Reformission Rev.Mark Driscoll. Confessions of a Reformission Rev.: Hard Lessons from an Emerging Missional Church. Zondervan, 2006. 208 pp.

Ten Curious Questions

This book is about the hard lessons we have learned at Mars Hill Church in Seattle (www.marshillchurch.org). Writing this book caused me to reflect on our past and subsequently conjured up a horrendous feeling eerily similar to seeing my high school yearbook photo in which I sported a soccer-rocker mullet. Like me, most people prefer not to dwell on past moments of folly, embarrassment, or failure. But the providential hand of a gracious God commonly uses exactly such occasions to shape ministers and their ministries.

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Preaching God’s Word | Terry G. Carter, J. Scott Duvall, & J. Daniel Hays

by Matt McCarnan on June 7th, 2007

Preaching God’s Word Terry G. Carter, J. Scott Duvall, J. Daniel Hays. Preaching God’s Word: A Hands-On Approach to Preparing, Developing and Delivering the Sermon. Zondervan, 2005. 304 pp.

If you plan to connect the message of the Scriptures with your people in a meaningful and dynamic manner, you must know your people.

You must never assume that all contemporary audiences are the same. As part of your exegesis and sermon development process, not only do you need to understand the ancient situation that the Bible addressed, but you must spend time studying and reflecting on the spiritual, emotional, and educational situation of the specific audience you will preach to this Sunday (or Saturday night, etc.).

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