The Expository Preaching of John Calvin
March 24, 2009The whole post can be found here, but here is the summary:
First: Calvin’s pulpit was Biblical in content.
Second: Calvin’s preaching was sequential in exposition.
Third: direct in beginning.
Fourth: extemporaneous in delivery.Fifth: Calvin’s preaching was exegetical in depth.
Sixth: Calvin’s preaching was familiar in language.
Seventh: Calvin’s preaching was pastoral in tone.Eighth: Calvin’s preaching was polemic in confrontation.
Ninth: Calvin’s preaching was evangelistic in passion.
Tenth: Calvin’s preaching was God-centered in conclusion.
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Thanks for this Colin. Regarding the fourth issue of just taking a Hebrew or Greek bible into the pulpit, the first time I saw this done was at the Servants of the Word conference in the Tron, Glasgow, last summer. Ralph Davies preached from a series of OT texts and translated as he went. It was a really eye-opening experience and greatly helped the power of his exposition of the text. I remember the one on Ruth in particular, when he brought to life God’s obsession with Naomi throughout the book. It almost makes me want to learn Hebrew…maybe one day…