Archive for the ‘Preaching’ Category
Posted on November 12, 2009 - by Stephen Murray
The Gospel Works
This last Sunday morning I taught Colossians 1:1-8 at St Stephen’s Church in Claremont, Cape Town. I used Paul’s well-known triad of ‘faith, love & hope’ to explore a very real existential question that exists for many of us in the Christian faith, and that is: Does the Gospel really work?
You can download the full audio here.
Posted on August 21, 2009 - by Stephen Murray
Ruth Sermons Online
The four sermons I preached on the fantastic little Old Testament book of Ruth are now available online. I preached them all at St Stephen’s Bible Church in Claremont, Cape Town (finished the last one this last Sunday evening) . You can get them here:
Ruth 4: Redemption Accomplished and Applied
Or you can download them from the St Stephen’s audio library.
Posted on May 29, 2009 - by Stephen Murray
Preaching to the Heart
Acts 29 Quarterly: Preaching to the Heart
Tuesday, June 02, 2009, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Host
JD Senkbile
Location
Jubilee Community Church
Jubilee Community Church Jubilee Centre 21 Nelson Road Observatory 7925 Cape Town, South Africa Cape Town Other
Phone: 
082 818 1222
Purpose
To advance church planting in the Western Cape, through bringing church planters,pastors and leaders together for shared encouragement and learning from each other.
Format
We will meet from 11 am to 1pm. The first hour will be content and round table discussion. The second hour will be lunch and fellowship.
Content
Preaching to the Heart
Al Barth, from Redeemer Church Planting Center, will be coming to share with us about communicating the gospel in a way that transforms peoples hearts.
Who should attend?
All pastors, current or potential church planters, and other leaders interested in initiating a gospel-centered, missional movement in their area. You are free to bring your team or other leaders.
Cost
R35 – R50 for lunch.
PLEASE RSVP JD Senkbile (ASAP) jd@acts29network.org
Posted on March 5, 2009 - by Stephen Murray
Andy Stanley on Expository Preaching
Guys that preach verse-by-verse through books of the Bible– that is just cheating. It’s cheating because that would be easy, first of all. That isn’t how you grow people. No one in the Scripture modeled that. There’s not one example of that. (read the rest and the context of his comment here)
Andy Stanley is an extremely gifted communicator and God has used him in a big way but I’m afraid I don’t see eye to eye with him on this one. The reason I’m primarily an expository preacher is theological not methodological nor for any other reason. I’m simply convinced that I am a fallible instrument through which God chooses to make his word known. One of the ways I can compensate for my fallibility and falleness is to allow the Scripture to set the agenda of my messages as opposed to me ultimately deciding which way to present Scriptural truths. It is not easy nor is it cheating – it’s a theological statement and a long list of expository preachers from church history would suggest that actually people do grow through it.
Stephen Murray
A church planter based in Cape Town. Husband to Robin and father of Genevieve. I am captivated by the hope of the gospel and I constantly dream about seeing it at work in my city. Dream with me.
