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"I design plain truth for plain people"(John Wesley).While on a layover at the Salt Lake City airport, I began to pass the time by chatting with the captain of our flight. I soon discovered that he was unhappy ... Continue Reading...

Christian preaching, at its heart, is a proclamation of God's truth as revealed in the pages of scripture. Over the centuries preaching has attempted to do many other things, but it has never made a lasting imp... Continue Reading...

Woody Hayes, legendary coach at Ohio State (1951-1978), ran an offense which the sportswriters dubbed "three yards and a cloud of dust." When asked, "Woody, why don't you ever throw a forward pass?" Hayes repli... Continue Reading...

If preaching were only a matter of writing a weekly essay, spinning out a metaphor in all its implications and applications, or even interpreting what a Bible passage means from the standpoint of its history an... Continue Reading...

Webster's defines shame as "a painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming or impropriety." Social scientists Merle Fossum and Marilyn Mason write that experiencing feelings of shame can be lik... Continue Reading...

In the May-June 2000 issue of Preaching, the Rev. Timothy Peck makes a passionate plea for "Salvaging the Old Testament Biographical Sermon."1 In a biographical sermon, typically, the character described in the... Continue Reading...

As these words are written, the 2000 presidential election is winding into its final weeks. If the Postal Service does its job, you'll be reading these words just a week or so before the nation goes to the poll... Continue Reading...

The presidential nominating conventions have just concluded, marking the beginning of the fall campaign. As I watched the conventions (yes, networks, I was one of the 37 people who actually tuned in this year),... Continue Reading...

It's been a number of years since I graduated from seminary. As I look back, I would have given almost anything for any one of the programs in this year's Software Review. This year's batch of software is a lit... Continue Reading...