Listen Up 
Description
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, Sr. Pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church
Other information
Read a review:Unashamed Workman
Evangelicals Now
XI Marks
Commendations:
'We just don't have teaching and training on how to LISTEN to sermons. Christopher Ash shows what a gaping hole that omission leaves'
- Rico Tice, All Souls, Langham Place, London
'New, fresh, wise, and personally convicting. A must-read for anyone serious about growing as a Christian'
- Andrew Reid, Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia
'Provides crucial theology and practical advise about listening that can make the difference between life and death in the church.'
- R Kent Hughes
'A great resource to help grow a new generation of believers who both tremble at God's word and are changed by it.'
- Vaughan Roberts, St Ebbe's Church, Oxford, UK
Table of contents
- Seven ingredients for healthy sermon listening:
- 1. Expect God to speak
- 2. Admit God knows better than you
- 3. Check the preacher says what the passage says
- 4. Hear the sermon in church
- 5. Be there week by week
- 6. Do what the Bible says
- 7. Do what the Bible says today - and rejoice!
- How to listen to bad sermons
- 7 suggestions for encouraging good preaching
Additional Information
| Author | Christopher Ash |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781908317629 |
| Publisher | The Good Book Company |
Customer Reviews
Excellent
I wish I had read this a long time ago! Really helpful and constructive advice for listening to sermons and also encouraging a positive attitude towards the less inspiring sermons that most people hear from time to time. 
A Must Read
(Review written for 'Listen up!')
I read this book a few months ago and found it incredibly encouraging as a preacher of God's word. I therefore bought one copy for every member of my congregation as a Christmas hoping that it would lead them to seeking to get the most out of every sermon they hear no matter whether it is good, indifferent or bad. I really hope that through the easy to read, delightful words of Christopher Ash our congregation might grow in their love, understanding and of God's word resulting in a greater love and devotion to the Lord Jesus. A must read for people who glaze over, tune out and switch off the minute a guy with a microphone says could you turn to....
