I hate to admit it, but there are plenty of times I sit in church on Sundays and don’t enjoy the sermon. It’s not always that the preaching is not good, however. I may just be in a funk. Or more likely, I know enough...
Liberals often rightly complain that the “bible thumper” who harps on sin often pushes people away from God, rather than drawing people to God. But fundies claim that to avoid the sin issue and only focus on love is telling half the truth. How do...
I thought that this was interesting.
This is the text version of the first half sermon I preached last Sunday night (second half to come later). It has taken me awhile to get all of this down, including links to all the Scripture references. I hope you can benefit from it.
As part of my pastoral internship, I have to read and apply the principles of communication in Andy Stanley’s really good book, Communicating for a Change: Seven Keys to Irresistible Communication. I won’t give you the 7 keys this time, but what I do find...
I was just reading Al Mohler’s latest blog post entitled A Tale of Two Crises? America, Europe, and Secularism, and I realized that loudmouthed, unbelieving, atheist bullies like Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens are steering our country to the cesspools of...
If you are a pastor that has to preach every weekend, what do you do when you run out of fresh material? What if you’ve just had a week with not enough time to prepare well, or have “preacher’s block?” Is it OK to borrow...
