Heavenly Father,You provide all that I need to perform the task of preaching. To You only can this prayer be lifted up. As I prepare to climb behind the pulpit again this Sunday, please guide me through this se... Continue Reading...
During the state fair, my wife and I received free admission to a musical concert. Early in the concert I noticed something I had never seen before at a purely musical presentation: an interpreter for the heari... Continue Reading...
At noon on October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg. This simple act started a movement which altered economic structures, undermined empires, and dras... Continue Reading...
Quentin Schultze has become one of the American church's most insightful observers and critics of the impact of media -- particularly television -- on the lives and attitudes of people. A professor of communica... Continue Reading...
Our ministries must be seen as ministries of the Church. This is urgently true also of our preaching. The great preacher P. T. Forsyth put it well at the turn of the century:The one great preacher in history, I... Continue Reading...
Outstanding speakers and a warm spirit characterize the fifth annual National Conference on Preaching, held May 4-6 at the Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia.Pastors and spouses from across the U... Continue Reading...
Horace Bushnell (1802-1876) was born in Bantam, Connecticut. He was educated to hard work. His daughter, Mrs. Cheney, in her biography, says that he did the full work of a man for at least five years before he ... Continue Reading...
Recently I went to my office at the church where I am pastor and went through my normal routine of opening the mail. No personal mail, mostly just the generic "Dear Preacher, do you want to have the most dynami... Continue Reading...
Preaching is about to get what many of its readers probably thought it's always had: a full-time editor.It seems like only yesterday that I sat in a barbecue restaurant with Steve and dreamed aloud of creating ... Continue Reading...