Mike Mission: Tips For Effective Radio Devotionals

The worst content of a radio station's broadcast day is often found in the time slot donated for Morning Devotions. That is so because those of us who participate in it are often either inept or lazy. If we get a realistic concept of what broadcasting is and are willing to exert the effort neces

Preaching And Blogging

Blogging is the new concept on the internet and it is about to change how preaching is done. If you are not yet familiar with this concept, you soon will be. It is estimated that only about 5% of the population currently blog, but there are some 70,000 new blogs everyday. Blogs are simple onli

Three Sure-Fire Ways To Make Our Listeners Preacher-Dependent

It was a great moment for my desperately wicked, idolatrous heart. The woman was approaching me with a Bible clutched in her arms, a look of awe akin to that of a rock star groupie getting within striking distance of Bon Jovi. I could almost predict what she was going to say. "Pastor, ho

Preacher, Get It Right!

As a typical college freshman, much of what the professors taught in class missed me, I'm afraid. But something history professor Mae Parrish said at Georgia's Berry College in the winter of 1958-59 caught my attention and has stayed with me all these years. My assessment is that this outstandin

A Survey Of Visual Resources For Preaching 2006

In an increasingly visual culture, preaching is learning again that stories can be told with both words and pictures. As churches seek to communicate with new generations that are increasingly visually-oriented (and less and less literary), many have discovered the power of a visual image in c

The Art Of Video Sermon Illustrations

Then the Lord sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him: "There were two men in one city, one rich and the other poor . . . but he (the rich man) took the poor man's lamb . . . " (2 Samuel 12:1-4 [NKJV]) Nathan was sent to David armed with a message from God,

Why Use Video In Preaching?

Jesus realized the power of telling stories when He taught and communicated with others. It was the best way in that day to communicate the eternal truth to small fishing villages and farm towns, sometimes even His own followers. When you talk to farmers about planting seeds, they instantly unde

Past Masters: P.T. Forsyth

In his classic recommendations for seminary curriculum, B.B. Warfield of old Princeton called for "scholar-saints" in our pulpits today. Few have better embodied that ideal than Peter Taylor Forsyth (1848-1921). Born and raised in Scotland, he served five English congregations and th

God’s Word Is Likened To A Gift

James 1:17-18 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. 1. A gift th