{"id":5355,"date":"2015-04-11T11:51:31","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T08:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=5355"},"modified":"2015-08-21T14:42:07","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T11:42:07","slug":"53-manipulative-preaching-vs-persuasive-preaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/53-manipulative-preaching-vs-persuasive-preaching\/","title":{"rendered":"#53 Manipulative Preaching vs. Persuasive Preaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s the difference between preaching that manipulates people for the preacher&#8217;s own purposes and preaching that persuades people in the truth claims of Scripture?<\/p>\n<p>We talk about persuasive preaching and more in this episode of <a title=\"Podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/podcast-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Now Is the Time.&#8221;<\/a> My guest is professor and author Dr. Larry Overstreet (interview starts at 8:27).<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_53.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F53-manipulative-preaching-vs-persuasive-preaching%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-3\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_53.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?powerpress_pinw=5355-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_53.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NIST_E_53.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 32:34 &#8212; 29.8MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('5355-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_5355-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_5355-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_53.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F53-manipulative-preaching-vs-persuasive-preaching%2F#mode-Light&amp;border-000000&amp;progress-000000&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;165&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;blubrryplayer-4&quot; class=&quot;blubrryplayer&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n<h2>Easter Outreach<\/h2>\n<p>Please pray for our Easter outreach which is happening tomorrow. We are busing in about 50 refugees from a nearby refugee camp. Our church is planning a picnic for them in our church yard. There will be music, food and a short gospel message.<\/p>\n<p>We are also expecting a lot of our neighbors to show up for this event.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pray that our church members would be friendly and not afraid to reach out and connect with unbelievers during this outreach.<\/li>\n<li>Pray that the weather would be dry and sunny.<\/li>\n<li>Pray that we would be able to get the grounds ready in time.<\/li>\n<li>Pray that God would provide to help cover the cost of food and other expenses related to this outreach.<\/li>\n<li>Pray that the gospel would be heard clearly and believed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Theology online in Russian<\/h2>\n<p>Recently we launched a new theology projects in Russian the first is called <a href=\"http:\/\/bogoslovie.net\" target=\"_blank\">bogoslovie.net<\/a>\u00a0Some of the blog posts that I&#8217;ve originally published in English are now in Russian on our new site. Other professors from our institute are also posting on various theological topics.<\/p>\n<p>We created the site for our institute in order to help met the need of clear theological teaching in Russian speaking churches. The amazing thing about the internet is that we are not just limited to Ukraine, any Russian speaker from anywhere in the world can access our articles.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the site we have also created a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Bogoslovienet\/1444012639224028?ref=bookmarks\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a> where we are posting helpful theological articles and tools in Russian.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, this month we are launching our first in-depth online theological course in Russian. The course is &#8220;Principles of Bible Study.&#8221; If you know of any Russian speakers who might be interested in learning solid Biblical principles for studying and understanding God&#8217;s Word you can help us by sending them <a href=\"http:\/\/bogoslovie.net\/%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD-%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%8B-%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8\/\" target=\"_blank\">a link to our course here.<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pray for our new online course Principles of Bible Study.<\/li>\n<li>Pray for the development and influence of our new Russian language blog.<\/li>\n<li>Pray for Misha and Roman who will be teaching online courses for us this month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00PHKUVDE\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00PHKUVDE&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=sukfam-20&amp;linkId=H244DK2QLVN32BQH\" target=\"_blank\">Persuasive Preaching: A Biblical and Practical Guide to the Effective Use of Persuasion<\/a>\u00a0If you preach I highly recommend \u00a0you pick up a copy of Dr. Larry Overstreet&#8217;s book! <em>(This is an Amazon affiliate link, which means if you purchase through this link a small % goes towards supporting our ministry. Thank you!)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bogoslovie.net\" target=\"_blank\">Bogoslovie.net<\/a>\u00a0Our new theology blog in the Russian language.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/now-is-the-time\/id658436314?mt=2&amp;uo=4&amp;at=10l9ET\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/now-is-the-time\" target=\"_blank\">Stitcher<\/a>\u00a0make getting this podcast on your mobile device super easy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_53.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F53-manipulative-preaching-vs-persuasive-preaching%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_53.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?powerpress_pinw=5355-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_53.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NIST_E_53.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 32:34 &#8212; 29.8MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('5355-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_5355-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_5355-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_53.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F53-manipulative-preaching-vs-persuasive-preaching%2F#mode-Light&amp;border-000000&amp;progress-000000&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;165&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;blubrryplayer-2&quot; class=&quot;blubrryplayer&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s the difference between preaching that manipulates people for the preacher&#8217;s own purposes and preaching that persuades people in the truth claims of Scripture?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[297],"tags":[228],"class_list":["post-5355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-preaching","post_format-post-format-audio"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/pablo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-1on","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6197,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/67-why-we-need-more-gospel-in-our-preaching-7-reasons\/","url_meta":{"origin":5355,"position":0},"title":"#67 Why We Need More Gospel in Our Preaching -7 Reasons","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"January 15, 2016","format":"audio","excerpt":"What separates the preaching of today's celebrity preachers\u00a0like Joel Osteen from some of the great preachers of history like Charles Spurgeon? 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