Keith J. Lightner @keithjlightner

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Keith J. Lightner @keithjlightner

3 weeks ago

Only the bravest man in the world dares to wear choker whites into a printing factory. Let the Naval Officer understand.

The Sting @TheStingisBack

3 weeks ago

Only the bravest man in the world dares to wear choker whites into a printing factory. Let the Naval Officer understand.

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Keith J. Lightner @keithjlightner

2 months ago

“Sometimes I’ll start a sentence and I don’t even know where it’s going. I just hope I find it along the way, like an improv conversation.” - Michael Scott Preachers against Michael Scott.

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Whenever you are about to quote C. S. Lewis or Augustine (et. al.), try and find the quote. You may be surprised to find they never said it. This inspired by me trying to find where Augustine said something he never said--though he got close.

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Keith J. Lightner @keithjlightner

7 months ago

It’s a good week for a preacher when the sermon’s Fallen Condition Focus and Big Idea align.

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Keith J. Lightner @keithjlightner

7 months ago

"For no one will prove that he heartily loves virtue, but he who, being content with God as his only witness, does not hesitate to submit to any disgrace, rather than decline from the path of duty. " - John Calvin

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Luke Gossett @RabbiLuke

8 months ago

Did you know that the Heidelberg Catechism and Dolly Parton share a birthday? Anyway, that’s my culture.

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Daniel R. Hyde @DanielRHyde

8 months ago

“…there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot” (Jer. 20:9) “Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!” (1 Cor. 9:16) The preaching of the Word is central to all we do here at @OceansideURC. 🎧 Our latest…

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Jim Lincoln @JimLincoln1517

8 months ago

Both law and gospel must be preached to the congregation weekly. Law (“do”) guides the believers into proper thinking and behavior, and gospel (“done”) gives the animating power to obey the law. — M Abendroth, Law & Gospel: A Primer, 69

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R. Scott Clark @RScottClark

9 months ago

Greenbean casserole is an abomination.

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Keith J. Lightner @keithjlightner

10 months ago

Official Christianity, of late years, has been having what is known as bad press. We are constantly assured that the churches are empty because preachers insist too much upon doctrine - “dull dogma,” as people call it. The fact is the precise opposite. It is the neglect of dogma…

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Keith J. Lightner @keithjlightner

a year ago

Our theological colleges have, I think, almost entirely neglected the most effective aid to preaching, the idea being that “stories,” “anecdotes,” may be alright for children, but quite out of place in a respectable sermon. - A. Lindsay Glegg #preaching #ministry #church

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Keith J. Lightner @keithjlightner

a year ago

Effective preachers are skilled storytellers. “Few things are as disappointing as leading the congregation to think it is in for a treat by announcing a story and then botching it for them by ineptness.” - Jay Adams #preaching #church #ministry

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Keith J. Lightner @keithjlightner

a year ago

The world has not heard its best preaching yet. If there is more of God’s truth for men to know, & if it is possible for the men who utter it to become more pure & godly, then, with both of its elements more complete…preaching must someday be a completer power. -Phillips Brooks

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Keith J. Lightner @keithjlightner

a year ago

The preacher of the gospel must therefore implore his hearers that they be reconciled to God. Eloquence is a plea, a drama, and an act; and finally, it is more than all those things together: it is a fight and a struggle. The [preacher] must wrestle with his hearers. He must…

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Keith J. Lightner @keithjlightner

a year ago

One of the reasons why poor preaching is dull is that the preacher himself fails to experience what he is talking about as he speaks - there is no joy, sense of awe, tingling down his spine, or whatever. When he fails to relive the event, it is almost axiomatic that his…

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James R. Wood @jamesrwoodtheo

a year ago

Calvin: "all the gifts that we possess in abundance have been entrusted and committed to our trust on the condition that they be dispensed for the good of our neighbors."