David Jackman

Speaker and Author

Preaching from the Gospels II

1. Example 

  -The text in the driving seat

  Luke 10:38-42

  Matthew 9:1-8

  -The point is the ‘punch-line’.

2. Gospel Distinctives

  -Reading ‘vertically’ but also ‘horizontally’.

  Matthew a) The King.

  b) The Teacher.

  Mark a) Who is this Jesus?

  b) What sort of Messiah?

  Luke a) The power of the Word.

  b) The scope of the rescue.

  John a) The revelation of the Word.

  b) The ‘lifting up’ of the Word.

3. ‘Melodic line’ -Working with the distinctives.

  Example: Mark 8:22-26.

© David Jackman 2005