Burnout can occur in the physical, emotional, and spiritual areas of life. Sometimes it affects only one or two of these areas, but it often takes its toll in all three, as it did with Elijah.
Great sermons aren't built - they're grown! In this conference, you'll learn about the basic steps in "growing" sermons that are biblically-rooted and will produce fruit in the lives of your people.
For over 30 years the percentage of income that Christians give has been declining and many churchgoers giving records are blank. But a small 90-page generosity book that is being ordered weekly by the thousands is helping to positively change many people's giving perspectives and practices.
Luke tells us that when Paul arrived in Athens, "he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and devout persons, and in the market-place every day with those who happened to be there" (Acts 17:17, ESV)...
Someone e-mailed me the other day to alert me that my name had appeared in an article in Wikipedia. Apparently an old friend had gone to the entry about my seminary alma mater and listed me as a "notable alumnus" (along with several prominent cattle thieves and televangelists). So, as is normal when someone tells you your name has been used, I went to see for myself.
Current homiletic approaches did not materialize in a vacuum. Their ascendancy to popularity did not just happen. Today at least three winds of influence swirl around contemporary homiletic discussion: theology, literary criticism and culture. Pastors who would think deeply about the form of their sermons and who care about faithfulness to the gospel must wrestle with the issues raised by each of these areas of thought.