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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...

As more and more preachers enter the world of computing, they are learning that a piece of equipment is only as valuable as the software (the programs that are used in the equipment to run practical application... Continue Reading...

An article in this issue -- "Preaching: Antidote for Trivial Pursuit" by James Means -- got me to -- thinking about ways in which that game title applies to the work of the preacher.You're probably familiar wit... Continue Reading...