W. Austin Gardner
Plain Speaking by C. T. Studd
An instance of the way he started a talk to men was the following at a business men’s luncheon: Gentlemen, you’ve had a rich dinner, you...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jan 29, 2022
- 2 min
Biblical Messages and Cultural Settings
In our preparation for missionary service, we are well trained in the Bible and the missionary message. When we go abroad, we assume that...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jan 23, 2022
- 2 min
Preaching
Any true definition of preaching must say that that man is there to deliver the message of God, a message from God to those people. If...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jan 17, 2022
- 2 min
Breaking our pride 6
We need to learn that it is God that moves and makes us in so many ways. We speak arrogantly and exceeding proudly when we forget that...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jan 12, 2022
- 1 min
Made an example
She could no longer borrow from the future to help that through the present grief. To-morrow would bring its own trial with it; so would...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jan 1, 2022
- 2 min
God Speaks Through Scripture
Yet in order for God to speak through us, we must first be convinced that God has already spoken to us in his Word (Heb. 1:1–4)....
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W. Austin Gardner
- Dec 31, 2021
- 1 min
Spirit Controlled
I believe we need to return to the biblical understanding in which we are called to be completely filled and controlled by the Spirit...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Dec 30, 2021
- 1 min
The Holy Spirit's Role in Preaching
For Spirit-Led Preaching, I have developed the following definition of expository preaching: Expository preaching is the Spirit-empowered...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Dec 29, 2021
- 1 min
Spirit-Driven Preaching
Spirit-driven preaching is focused on the dynamic of the Spirit and the Spirit’s text. The Spirit drives the sermon along the...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Dec 28, 2021
- 1 min
Spirit-shy Christians
A second reason for the Spirit’s absence in preaching today has to do with the excesses and abuses attributed to the Spirit. Everything...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Dec 27, 2021
- 1 min
Holy Spirit Absent?
What does the Spirit’s absence from the definitions of preaching reveal to us? First, I believe it shows just how post-theological...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Dec 26, 2021
- 1 min
Ignoring the Holy Spirit
Our generation is rapidly losing its grip upon the supernatural; and as a consequence, the pulpit is rapidly dropping to the level of the...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Dec 24, 2021
- 1 min
Preacher's authority is the Inspired Scripture
There are those who believe one’s view of the inspiration of Scripture is unimportant and not a factor in the matter of preaching. Andrew...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Dec 23, 2021
- 1 min
Study before you preach
Congregations must understand the authority for what we say comes not from our homiletical bag of tools but from Scripture as God’s...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Dec 22, 2021
- 1 min
Springboard preaching
When we talk about expository speaking, we are talking about the kind of speaking in which the speaker selects a particular text of...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Dec 21, 2021
- 1 min
The Prevailing Lack of a Bible-centered Emphasis in the Pulpit
No fact of current religious life indicates quite so forcefully the need for Bible preaching in our day as this. The pivotal injunction...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Dec 13, 2021
- 1 min
They rush headlong into hell
And this is what he said to my fellow-Crusader, ‘Bwana is now tired and he is ill with his exertion over building the House of God at...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Oct 30, 2021
- 2 min
How to dress in the Pulpit
Congregations notice how preachers dress. While clothing is more a factor in some congregations than others, people do notice it, so we...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Sep 7, 2021
- 1 min
An Atheist writes a tract
“About this time I met with a tract written by an atheist. It read as follows: ‘Did I firmly believe, as millions say they do, that the...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Sep 5, 2021
- 4 min
Emotion in His Sermon
Let not the pastor be afraid of emotion in his preaching. True eloquence flows out of deep feeling. Jonathan Edwards appealed to the...
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