“But what if differences are made by remembering where we’d be without God and then ministering to others out of that knowledge?… — Zack Eswine Copy Share Image
“you were never meant to repent because you don’t know it all. You are meant to repent because you’ve tried.” — Zack Eswine Copy Share Image
“Preaching reality and redemption will confront us with our own story. My original question returns: Could I now reach who I once… — Zack Eswine Redemption Copy Share Image
“That God is real means that God exists, that God is transparent toward what is there without forgery or deception, and that… — Zack Eswine God exists Copy Share Image
“Moralism explains why preachers are sometimes frustrated. We preach a message; we tell people to be good; we explain how to be… — Zack Eswine Moralism Copy Share Image
“To make true contact is to touch the real thing, to treasure the flower more than the picture of the flower, the… — Zack Eswine Time Copy Share Image
“Apprenticeship assumes that knowing a trade not only comes by numbers and outlines but also by watching and inhabiting. Knowing is found… — Zack Eswine Apprenticeship Copy Share Image
“A pastor impatiently demands his children to know, believe, and do what it took him twenty-five or forty-five years with Jesus to… — Zack Eswine Children Copy Share Image
“Therefore, those of you searching for something larger, faster, and more significant, who feel that if you could just be somewhere else… — Zack Eswine Jesus Copy Share Image
“We learn a wisdom kind of outreach, an evangelism or testimony as those who are human beings wrestling with it all. It… — Zack Eswine Evangelism Copy Share Image
“Preaching will foster true contact by helping people to discern the varying capacities of all things that vie for their attention. The… — Zack Eswine Copy Share Image
“Once preachers start to identify the Context of Reality for a biblical passage, our unspoken expository bans become apparent. By an expository… — Zack Eswine Bible Copy Share Image
“Often the cynic is wise toward reality but a simpleton toward redemption. The cynic offers thick and nuanced description of the swamps… — Zack Eswine Beauty Copy Share Image
“Something in me hates this confession. I do not think that I am alone in this. Twitter, Facebook, virtual conferencing—these allow us… — Zack Eswine Confession Copy Share Image
“grace leads us to reflect Christ’s holiness, but grace also motivates and enables us to reflect his mercy for the poor, his… — Zack Eswine Beauty Copy Share Image
“we want to expand Chapell’s FCF to more explicitly account for the global contexts. This means that we must fit the FCF… — Zack Eswine Human condition Copy Share Image
“When preachers seek to identify the under-the-sun features of a biblical text, they are looking for the Context of Reality (COR). By… — Zack Eswine Bible Copy Share Image
“Early Arctic explorers made this same crucial error. They excitedly envisioned the place and came to it fortified by their own cultural… — Zack Eswine Copy Share Image
“A basic guide for application offers this equation: The intention of the text The human condition of the text The human situation… — Zack Eswine Human condition Copy Share Image
“Biblical preaching must address three important questions: (1) What kinds of people in our community do we exclude from sitting with us… — Zack Eswine Copy Share Image
