John Knox Preaching
". . . and how are they to preach . . .?" (Rom. 10:15) Although wrenched out of its context, this certainly is an important question for all churches, ministers, and parishioners in the modern reformation movement.

Evangelicalism is filled with everything from the revivalistic method to what the crowd I roll with here in So Cal calls the John MacArthur-esque/Chuck Smith-ish "glorified Bible study" method (although he wouldn't call it that, I'm sure). Reformed churches have the same gamut, with ministers that preach sermonettes for Christianettes, the Jay Adam's followers and "Preaching with Purpose," the hyper-"Biblical Theological" preachers who won't preach Paul's commands, for example, to pray without ceasing because that's moralistic, and everything in between.

In his essay, "The Lasting Power of Reformed Experiential Preaching" (available as a .pdf here), I think Dr. Joel Beeke steers Reformed homiletics in the right course, which is the historically Reformed course. What is so interesting to me is that this method is basically what I have always tried to follow, but under the title of "Law-Gospel" preaching that I learned from the likes of Mike Horton and Kim Riddlebarger. Hmmm . . . old school Dutch preaching meets Southern Californian modern reformers.

This essay is also part of a much larger volume entitled, Puritan Reformed Spirituality (Reformation Heritage Books) that is available for $15.