2) Sermons ought to be predominantly biblical in their overall substance.
a) Explanation
2 Tim. 3:16
Thomas Murphy, Pastoral Theology, (Audubon, NJ: Old PathsPublications, 1996), pp. 156-157.
Thomas Brooks, The Works of Thomas Brooks, vol. IV, (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1980), p. 113
b) Which will be in marked contrast with:
1) Predominantly anecdotal preaching
2) Predominantly biographical preaching
3) Predominantly imaginative preaching
4) Predominantly literary preaching
5) Predominantly philosophical preaching
c) Summary
C. H. Spurgeon, “Sermons – Their Matter,” in Lectures To My Students, Book I, (Pasadena, TX: Pilgrim Publications, 1990), p. 74.
Robert L. Dabney, Sacred Rhetoric, (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1979), pp. 26-28.
3) Sermons ought to be theologically vigorous and harmonious in their statements of truth.
a) Explanation
2 Tim 1:13
C. H. Spurgeon, “Sermons – Their Matter,” in Lectures To My Students, Book I, (Pasadena, TX: Pilgrim Publications, 1990), pp. 77-78.
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Preaching and Preachers, (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1971), pp. 66-67.
b) Which will be in marked contrast with:
1) Self-destructive preaching
2) Imbalanced preaching
C. H. Spurgeon, An All-Round Ministry, (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 2000), p. 320.
3) Preaching of half-truths as whole-truths
4) Sermons ought to be intensely practical in their overall thrust.
2 Tim. 3:16; 4:2; 1 Cor. 10:11; Tit. 1:1
Which will be in marked contrast with:
1) Merely informational preaching
2) Exclusively emotional preaching
3) Merely rhetorical preaching
Robert L. Dabney, Sacred Rhetoric, (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1979), pp. 30-31.
5) Sermons ought to be pervasively evangelical in their overall climate and flavor.
Lk. 24:25-27, 44-45; 1 Cor. 2:1-2; Col. 1:27-29; Eph. 3:8
Gardiner Spring, The Power of the Pulpit, (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1986), p. 47.
James W. Alexander, Thoughts on Preaching, (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1975), pp. 207-208.
Thomas Murphy, Pastoral Theology, (Audubon, NJ: Old Paths Publications, 1996), pp. 168-169.
