I've just been reading John Stott's chapter on 'The Paradoxes of Preaching' in Greg Haslam's book Preach the Word. Stott talks about the art of Double Listening- both listening to the voice of God and the voice of the world around us. This enables our preaching to be Biblical AND contemporary. He reminds us not to listen in equal measure, our ears should always be closer to God's voice than the world's voice.
Stott refers to many great quotes-here are a few:
*First light, then heat. - Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor, 1656
*There must be light as well as fire. Some preachers are all light and no fire, while others are all fire and no light. What we need is both fire and light.- C.H. Spurgeon.
He who no longer sows in the study will no more reap in the pulpit.-C.H. Spurgeon.
*What is preaching? Logic on fire! Preaching is theology coming through a man who is on fire.- Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones.
God's words
- 1Chr. 16:31Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!”
CITY CHURCH CARDIFF, ELIM PENTECOSTAL CHURCH>
- CITY TEMPLE CHURCH CARDIFF
I'm on the pastoral team of this thriving multi-cultural Elim Pentecostal Church in the heart of Cardiff- the capital city of Wales.
THIRD DAY
- THIRD DAY
From 2001-2016 I spent part of my year on the road as pastor to the Christian rock band Third Day.
WALESWIDE
- WALESWIDE
I am part of the church planting and strengthening ministry Waleswide, alongside leaders from across the evangelical spectrum and geographical spread of the nation.
ELIM WALES
- ELIM INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS
Both personally and in my local church role I am pleased to stand with our Elim Missions Dept. - ELIM WALES
I spend part of my time as the regional co-ordinator for Elim in Wales-working with churches and leaders.
GATEWAY MINISTRIES/IGNITE INDIA
- GATEWAY MINISTRIES/IGNITE INDIA
Lots going on in and around Rajahmundry, India- been involved in this work since 2005.
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08/31/2007
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MY PUBLICATIONS
- Lessons From The Road by Nigel James and Third Day.
- Ignite: God's Purpose for This Generation (Paperback) by Nigel James.
- Seven Ways to Ignite Your Life: Life Lessons from 1 Samuel (Paperback) by Nigel James
- Seven Myths of Youth Ministry: How to Re-Ignite Your Passion (Paperback) by Nigel James, Gary Smith
- Seven Ways to Ignite Outrageous Prayer (Paperback) by Carl Brettle, Nigel James
Some of my Sermons
- A Friend Called Grace
- Word and Spirit
- Can We Fix it? Yes We Can?
- I am the Light of the World
- I am the True Vine
- God and the Generations.
- Growing in Grace-Less judgment, more forgiveness, more thankfulness.
- Equipping the Saints-5 fold ministry.
- Led by the Spirit-Paul and Barnabas on Cyprus.
- Unnamed people are vital-the story of Cornelius.
- The Persecuted Church-Stephen the martyr.
- What's the point of Communion?
- Building a healthy future-by putting the right foundations down now.
- Incarnation-short Christmas message.
- Confidence in Uncertain Times.
- Anointed by the Holy Spirit.
- The Holy Spirit-Our director of missions.
- Burden bearers or burden makers?
- Why should I be baptized?
- From the Encounter to the Call.
- Come Over Here And Help Us- The Macedonian Call.
- Rock of Ages.
- People of the Cross- the distinctives of discipleship.
- Samuel-Listen to the Voice of God.
- Kingdom Priorities-Money, Time, and Talents.
- Abraham-Kids, Covenants and Countries.
- Gifted to Lead and Train others.
- Living Tough when things get Rough.
Fire and light...yeah I like that ;)
Posted by: Joan Young/Godgrl Gomer | 09/01/2007 at 09:20 AM
Stott manages so often to take the amazing stories of Scripture, and show us their immediate relevancy to today's world. He makes no attempt to soften Jesus word's, but instead shows, with great integrity, that what once was true, is true today, and will always be.
Posted by: Nick | 09/06/2007 at 09:14 PM