Daniel Ligon

“Aristotle thought it impossible that humans could be friends with a god, because friends have things in common, and can say, “You, too?” But in becoming human, God‘s first great act of friendship, he became like us, drawing near to us so we could draw near to him. Since he humbled himself to get near us, only the humble, not the haughty, can be his friends. In his second great act of friendship, he gave his life for us (John 15:13). In our suffering, then, we can look at Jesus and say, “You, too?”
― Timothy J. Keller, The Songs of Jesus

“A man preacheth that sermon only well unto others which preacheth itself in his own soul.”
― John Owen, The True Nature of a Gospel Church and Its Government

“Theological reflection…is a rigorous and prayerful discipline of taking the time to meditate on my text and how it relates to God’s plan of redemption. It is an exercise that asks how my passage relates to the Bible as a whole, especially to the saving acts of God in Jesus.”
― David R. Helm, Expositional Preaching: How We Speak God's Word Today

“Contextualization in preaching is communicating the gospel message in ways that are understandable or appropriate to the listener’s cultural context.”
― David R. Helm, Expositional Preaching: How We Speak God's Word Today