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Christianity begins with a triumphant indicative. J. Gresham Machen. In this necessary and vital book John Carrick has taken the task of first, defining the four categories in the theology of the rhetoric of preaching the indicative, exclamative, interrogative and the imperative. Secondly, he provid... (more)

Before his Damascus Road experience, Saul of Tarsus had earned a reputation as a religious strong-arm. Even after his conversion, this same Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles, remained a force to be reckoned with. Down through the centuries -- and right up to today -- his passionate and frequently co... (more)

Simply stated, Talbot preaching professor, Don Sunukjian, defines the "biblical preacher" as someone who declares from the pulpit, "Look, at what God is saying..to us". By this he means: 1) that the true and exact meaning of the text must be explained, and 2) that it must be communicated in a way th... (more)