Listen up! A practical guide to listening to sermons

by Christopher Ash

Publisher:

The Good Book Company

, 2009

Overview

Why on earth does anyone need a guide on how to listen to sermons? Don’t we simply need to ‘be there’ and stay awake? Yet Jesus said: ‘Consider carefully how you listen.’ The fact is, much more is involved in truly listening to Bible teaching than just sitting and staring at the preacher.Christopher Ash outlines seven ingredients for healthy listening. He then deals with how to respond to bad sermons - ones that are dull, or inadequate, or heretical. And finally, he challenges us with ideas for helping and encouraging our Bible teachers to give sermons that will really help us to grow as Christians.• Where does the authority of a Bible teacher come from? • Why is Bible teaching offensive? • Why is it important to hear Bible teaching in church? • How can we actually enjoy Bible teaching more?These (and more) are the questions answered by this practical guide, which includes effective, hands-on suggestions for implementing each idea. All with the aim of helping us learn how to listen properly, so that through His word, God will make us more and more Christ like.’We give Listen Up to all our new members’ - Mark Dever, Senior Pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church

Key Features

• Short, accessible guide to this vital subject• Written by a well-respected authority on preaching• Priced for bulk sales to churches• No other book on this subject written in the last 200 years!

Contents

Seven ingredients for healthy sermon listening:1. Expect God to speak2. Admit God knows better than you3. Check the preacher says what the passage says4. Hear the sermon in church5. Be there week by week6. Do what the Bible says7. Do what the Bible says today - and rejoice!How to listen to bad sermonsSeven suggestions for encouraging good preaching

Praise for Listen up!

Provides crucial theology and practical advice about listening that can make the difference between life and death in the church.

We just don’t have teaching and training on how to listen to sermons. Christopher Ash shows what a gaping hole that omission leaves.

New, fresh, wise, and personally convicting. A must-read for anyone serious about growing as a Christian.

A great resource to help grow a new generation of believers who both tremble at God’s word and are changed by it.

We give Listen Up to all our new members.

Here’s a question for you. Think back to church last week. What was the sermon about? Have a think. What passage in the Bible was it from? Do you remember the main points from the sermon? Can you remember any of the applications the preacher made?

The content is spot on; the challenge not always comfortable. It includes ‘How to listen to bad sermons’ (and get better ones), but not ‘How to preach to bad listeners’; others may cover that. The preacher who knows his hearers have read this will preach all the better for it.

Product Details

• Title : Listen Up! A Practical Guide to Listening to Sermons
• Author: Ash, Christopher
• Publisher: The Good Book Company
• Publication Date: 2009
• ISBN: 9781908317629

About Christopher Ash

Christopher Ash has been a pastor, and is now an author and writer-in-residence at Tyndale House, Cambridge. He was Director of the Proclamation Trust’s Cornhill Training Course from 2004-2015. He is married to Carolyn and they have four children and seven grandchildren.