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Best Artists of 2005

Christianity Today

Wrapping up the year is our Best Artists list, which is meant to partly compliment our annual Reader's Choice awards while offering some strong potentials to consider for this year's Gospel Music Awards. Check ... Continue Reading...

Best New Artists of 2005

Preaching.com

Artists come and artists go quickly in the music business, and many unfortunately tread the same ground covered by many others before them. But there are other artists who make a strong effort to break out of t... Continue Reading...

Favorite Worship Albums of 2006

Cory Mansfield

In recent years, our annual picks for the year's most impressive worship albums have touched on reworked hymns, promising new talent, and cutting edge projects that redefine offering praise through song. But be... Continue Reading...

Preaching And The Breakout Church: An Interview With Thom Rainer

Michael Duduit

Thom S. Rainer is the newly-elected President of Lifeway Christian Resources, one of the world's largest providers of Christian products and services. Prior to his move to LifeWay in October, Rainer was the founding dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth at...

Preaching To Move A Church: An Interview With H. Beecher Hicks

Michael Duduit

Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr., has served since 1977 as Senior Pastor of the 6,000-member historic Metropolitan Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. Just the fifth senior minister in the congregation's 141-year history, Hicks has led the church through an era of growth which includes a...

Preaching In Narnia

Harry L. Poe

When "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" makes its screen debut in December 2005, millions of people who have never heard of C. S. Lewis will go to see the picture. Millions will also buy the DVD when it goes on sale after the theatrical release. If the experience of "The Lord of the...

John Knox: Bold Reformation Preacher

Austin B. Tucker

John Knox first appeared on the stage of history bearing the two-handed great sword as bodyguard to reformer George Wisehart. Canon law forbad priests to carry a weapon, but Knox, already disgusted with Rome, was committed to reforming Scotland. For five weeks Wisehart and his...

And A Preacher In A Pear Tree?

Michael Duduit

In the spirit of the holidays (to be sung to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas"): On the first day of Christmas, my preacher gave to me, A sermon on the birth of a King. On the second day of Christmas, my preacher gave to me, Two Christmas plays,...

2005 Survey Of Bibles And Bible Reference

Michael Duduit

Charles Spurgeon once observed, "Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years." No one better understands that truth than the preacher who spends years digging deep into the truths of God's Word. With the Bible as the source of our...

Developing Topical Evangelistic Sermons That Are Audience-Driven

Ramesh Richard

The twenty-first century did not begin well, nor did it bode well, for the human race. Terrorism, wars, viruses, and tsunamis dominated news headlines worldwide. The entire world of opinion leaders, my audience, was troubled by thoughts on the problem of evil. However, God was opening up an...