Monthly Archives: February 2016
Psalm 119 A Text-Driven Life 3: The Blessed Life
by Steven Smith on February 23, 2016 in Preaching
A text-driven life is a blessed life. In this way, God promises prosperity. Scripture is clear about this and yet while these characters form on my monitor I hesitate feeling the collective cringe of friends who repulse at “prosperity preaching.” And for good reason. Prosperi... Read More »
Psalm 119: The prayer a Text-Driven Life (2)
by Steven Smith on February 18, 2016 in Preaching
All In Psalm 119 is a prayer of a text-driven life. As stated in a previous post, a text-driven is a life that responds to God through His Word. Here is a helpful infographic on the content of Psalm 119.[1] When examined graphically, something becomes clear. This is about being a... Read More »
Psalm 119: A Text Driven Life
by Steven Smith on February 16, 2016 in Preaching
At Southwestern Seminary, we teach text-driven preaching, believing that text-driven preaching not only leads to text-driven living, but flows from it. A text-driven sermon is one that allows the substance, structure, and spirit of the text to drive the sermon. It is not one ba... Read More »
When God is Deathly Quiet
by Steven Smith on February 4, 2016 in Preaching
Father, if you are willing remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will but yours be done. Luke 22:42 This might be the most audacious prayer ever prayed: the prayer of Jesus in the Garden. It had always been the case in the unseen plans of God that He intended t... Read More »
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Steven W. Smith is the Vice President for Student Services and Communications and Professor of Preaching at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
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