When people believe there is a truth, the goal is for me to be detached and objective so […]
preaching
Last Sunday I went to an installation service for a new pastor in our area. I have always […]
The Beautiful Sermon is the first volume of the Conversations in Preaching series that is put out by […]
If you are an author of some sort, the new marketplace for content is electronic. While books are […]
Let’s be honest, sometimes the preaching sucks. As a pastor, I am fully aware of the terrors and […]
Oh I get it. Some sermons drag on and on, rambling, incoherent, with no end in sight. They […]
He breathes. A beginning. The words swirl around the heavens, the dust, filling a space that was blank […]
The devil wants to be your preacher. He wants to get into the pulpit on Sunday morning and […]
One of the early lessons a pastor learns in his ministry is that his voice, the words he […]
I recently listened to a lecture given in a church on a Sunday morning by one of the […]
They expect a certain image, a certain look or feel with my presence. They want me to look […]
Some weeks the sermon flows freely from my sanctified brain like water from a faucet. Other weeks, like […]
Have you ever considered how very near the end may be? Looking around at our angry country, our […]
What a challenging year 2020 has been. This year will undoubtedly be one we look back on with […]
I am by no means alone in my pastoral ministry – I enjoy the benefit of a Director […]
In conjunction with their latest attempt to overproduce and ultimately destroy an iconic character (which is what Hollywood […]
There are two types of spaghetti eaters in this world: those who toss their pasta in the sauce, ensuring a nice even coating all the way through, while still allowing the pasta to shine and form the foundation of the dish, and those who smother their pasta so you can’t even see the noodles, which are nothing more than a convenient vessel with which to move said delicious sauce into your mouth. There are also those weirdos who skip the sauce altogether and just eat butter noodles (you know who you are!), but they are basically akin to the kid who sits in the back of class eating glue all day, so we’re not going to bother with them at the moment.
“The White House is not their target. The altar and the pulpit are.” So warns Pastor Delwyn Campbell […]
Two-hundred and eighty. From actors and public figures to government officials and emergency response agencies, Twitter has become […]
There can be no off days. There are no times when a preacher can just mail it in, saying, “I’ve covered this all before. I’ve said it all before. Perhaps this once, we’ll do something different. Perhaps, this Sunday I will take the opportunity to lay out a vision for the future of this congregation. Perhaps, this time I will get creative and show my prowess for finding the hidden connections of a particular text and how they matrix with the greater Scriptures. Perhaps, I won’t worry so much proclaiming the Word. Just this once, I won’t focus so much on the distinction of Law and Gospel and instead I’ll give some good lessons for reading the Word at home.”