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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...

Among the pulpit voices that continue to speak across the years is that of G. Campbell Morgan. His sermons are still widely read, and are likely to be so for years to come.Still known as "the Prince of Biblical... Continue Reading...

A minister desiring to preach to the power brokers should grab a mirror and get with it. No person has more power than that available to a preacher of the gospel of Christ.Preaching, however, is not necessarily... Continue Reading...

What does a sermon have in common with a performance by Marcel Marceau? More than you might think. What the mime artist does is to bring the inner vision of his thoughts and feelings to outward expression.The S... Continue Reading...

I was startled when I read the February, 1987 issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry. The lead article is entitled "Self-Portrayal by a Depressed Poet: A Contribution to the Clinical Biography of William C... Continue Reading...

"This isn't a 'preacher story.' This really happened!"It may be the punchline of an old joke, but it's still enough to make many of us cringe because it strikes so close to home.There's something wrong when a "... Continue Reading...

Everybody has moments he would characterize as his highest and greatest. One of mine is that Sunday morning when I preached my first sermon.It was in the little Methodist church at Walpole, Mass. I was a semina... Continue Reading...