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In the history of our civilization millions of stories have been told and retold. No doubt, there are many ways to tell an effective story. One of the most helpful ways to learn is to observe a process and then... Continue Reading...

Preachers have been in the news a lot recently. Most of the stories are ones we would rather not have read, but one news item in November struck me as a positive sign.That was the article announcing that Jerry ... Continue Reading...

Why don't we preach like Jesus? Why do so many preaching books fail to refer to our Master Model as the master preaching model?How could we forget Jesus the Preacher? Didn't the people abandon cities and villag... Continue Reading...

That the Gospel should be preached in every sermon is an assertion, I am sure, that will meet with universal agreement among Christian clergy. No pastor, I am positive, would argue that the Gospel may on occasi... Continue Reading...

By 1972 the same pastor had spoken about the same story to the same congregation for four Christmases. I suspect there were members of the congregation who felt like the layman who said, "If I hear the words 'a... Continue Reading...

While thousands of Americans converged on Philadelpha this summer to celebrate the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, my wife and I went a bit farther north and took a walk through the rich history of Ameri... Continue Reading...

Does it really matter how you say a thing as long as you say what you have in mind! The answer is simple, if what we are talking about has to do with a speaker who speaks only German to an audience that underst... Continue Reading...

In 1977, I graduated from Harvard Divinity School having won the preaching award two out of three years. As I look back today perhaps a half-thousand sermons later, I find five major changes which the parish ex... Continue Reading...

Is there anything wrong with the current state of preaching? Yes, say many listeners who form the congregations of today's churches. Many churches are afflicted with a poor quality of preaching and the inevitab... Continue Reading...