Name that sermon!

It's been almost seven years now since my wife and I faced the big decision: what to name our new baby. Our first son - soon to be 11 years old - was a fairly easy one. Every eldest male in my family (going back at least five generations) has had the first name "James." (I hap

Using Humor in the Pulpit

It is not necessary, on a Sunday morning, to become a comedian for Christ. Yet neither is there a scriptural reference that claims blessed are the bored.

Preaching on Sensitive Subjects

I thought I was the first to discover this technique of dealing with controversial issues from the pulpit. But it turns out this little find of mine has been unearthed many times in the past.

Finding the Timeless Truth

Somewhere in the process of sermonizing the preacher must turn up the heat on the passage and himself and discover the timeless, universal truth that remains

Preaching from the Prophets

The underlying question of my discussion is whether or not the message of the Old Testament prophets in its present form as Scripture is as "preachable" as the New Testament gospel and, if so, how one should identify this message as such within the prophetic writings.