Preaching in a New Key: Crafting Expository Sermons in Post-Christian Communities
The nature of preaching today is badly out of date. To illustrate, the top selling preaching text booking today (by H. Robinson) was written in Jimmy Carter’s America. It is any wonder that many preachers struggle to connect with their listeners. In this episode Mark explains how people experience faith today. And he outlines an approach to preaching in Post-Christian contexts that connects with people and nourishes faith in Jesus—an approach called reversing the flow.
Trading Jazz Piano for Graffiti. Reframe Church as: Receiving Jesus’ Love in Your Neighbourhood.
In this episode we trade jazz piano for graffiti. We ask: “What if we reframed the witness of your church as receiving Jesus’ healing, and extending Jesus’ healing, in your neighbourhood?” In this episode, Mark walks the streets of Canada’s poorest postal-code with philosopher and pastor, Dr Jamie Hellewell. Jamie has been a resident of Vancouver’s Downtown East Side for twenty years.
Check out:
· Mark’s book, “Improvising Church: Scripture as the Source of Harmony, Rhythm, and Soul, chapter three, “Local.”
Music played in this episode:
· Opening tune: A blues improvised on the spot
· Closing tune: “Cherrywood,” composed by Mark Glanville