Episode 124
#124. The Future of Preaching: 5 Ways to Keep Sermons Relevant Today
Dr. Mark Glanville shared thoughts from his new book, Preaching in a New Key: Crafting Expository Sermons in Post-Christian Neighborhoods and how preaching can adapt to the complexities of faith in our time—especially where traditional assumptions about faith and Scripture no longer hold and where people are seeking relational leadership.
Book Info: Preaching in a New Key
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
- People Relate to Scripture Differently Today than 50 Years Ago
- Recontextualization in the Culture
- Shifts in Faith and How People Relate to Scripture
ABOUT THE GUEST:
Dr Mark Glanville works as the Director of the Centre for Missional Leadership at St. Andrews Hall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He is an Old Testament scholar and has written five books, including Improvising Church: Scripture as the Source of Harmony, Rhythm, and Soul and Preaching in a New Key: Crafting Expository Sermons in Post-Christian Neighborhoods.
Mark’s vocational goal is to research, teach, write, speak, and play music to nourish Christian leaders to creatively reimagine what the church can be and do in post-Christian societies, with the Bible in our hands.
Mark is also a professional jazz pianist, active on the Vancouver jazz scene. Mark’s podcast is Blue Note Theology, which he hosts from the grand piano.
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TIMESTAMPED SHOWNOTES:
00:38 - Introducing Mark Glanville
03:19 - Mark's Background and Family
04:00 - Mark's New Book: Preaching in a New Key
04:57 - People Relate to Scripture Differently Today than 50 Years Ago
05:34 - Expository Preaching Has Never Been More Important
05:55 - The deeper into post-Christian context, people crave to know Christian teaching
06:48 - Questions for Context and Clarity
07:18 - ... 1. post-Christian culture
11:11 - ... 2. Recontextualization in the Culture
16:05 - An Illustration from Music
21:42 - Shifts in Faith and How People Relate to Scripture
21:57 - ...people used to come to church with Bibles under their arms,
22:04 - ...but now they come with questions on their minds
22:48 - ...the key might be reversing the direction of flow in preaching
23:40 - ...showing the beauty of Jesus in Scripture
23:42 - ...winning people to Jesus, AND to Scripture itself
28:11 - Contacting Mark and Finding His Books
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