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A few weeks ago I was called by a reporter from the Christian Science Monitor, who was doing a story on the length of sermons. Aren't sermons getting shorter, he asked? And we spent nearly a half hour discussin... Continue Reading...

One good question is worth a dozen answers. Nowhere is this more true than in the craft of preaching. To make a point, to challenge the mind, to stir the will, to touch the soul; nothing works like a question.J... Continue Reading...

James Finn Garner has made a fortune with his two books which recast traditional nursery rhymes in more "politically correct" language.I thought for awhile about trying my hand at doing the same thing with some... Continue Reading...

The best preachers in this world remain anonymous. I am frequently asked: "Who are today's best preachers?" My stock answer is "no one you have heard of." I am convinced that the best preachers are some of thos... Continue Reading...

After Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in the towns of Galilee. (Matt. 11:1)Give me the Bible and the Holy Ghost and I can go on preaching forever! ... Continue Reading...

In speaking of the Bible, Edgar Goodspeed once noted, "It has been truly said that any translation of the masterpiece must be a failure." That insight did not, however, keep Goodspeed from trying, nor does it s... Continue Reading...

When the evangelist announced his text -- Genesis 24:63-64 -- I was intrigued at the uncommon prospect of hearing a revival sermon preached from the first book of the Bible. But as I listened to the Scripture, ... Continue Reading...

Some think that it was inevitable that we should have experienced a crisis in expository preaching, if not in all preaching, since that had been the pattern in most other theological disciplines in recent years... Continue Reading...

There's a story about a church that had trouble getting Sunday morning, worship to take off into joyous celebration. Things were so bad at that church that the preacher and congregation could not have conspired... Continue Reading...

There is an old Chinese proverb which I use to remind my clients about prognostication. It goes like this: Making predictions is very difficult, especially when they are about the future.Two years ago, when I w... Continue Reading...