360-Degree Leadership

360-Degree Leadership (Baker) by Michael Quicke Coming on the heels of his excellent book 360-Degree Preaching, Michael Quicke has extended his thoughts to deal with the issue of leadership, which he sees as closely related to preaching in pastoral life. In 360-Degree Leadership (Baker), Quicke

Why Give?

Deuteronomy 26:1-11 I've not always tithed. I confess it with shame. Even though I was a preacher, even though I knew the scriptures and had heard the testimonies of joyful givers, I wasn't giving like I should. I was afraid to give. It's a long story - how God used the circumstances of o

Who Was That Masked Man?

2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 "Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear when the Masked Rider of the Plains led the fight for law and justice in the early west! Hear the thundering hoof beats of the great horse Silver! The Lone Ranger rides again!" The Masked Man and h

Don’t Forget God

It seems that at Thanksgiving we thank everyone, and so we should. According to this Thanksgiving sermon, we are right to thank the people that have contributed to our lives, we should consider our forefathers, and we should praise our family and friends. But let's not forget God. He is the source of all blessings.

The Great Reversal

Luke 6:17-26 The dictionary defines "irony" as "incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs." For example, a convict climbed under the hood of a truck and escaped from prison. Later he climbed out - only to find himself in the yard of another prison! That's irony! W

Marriage

Gary Thomas, in his book Sacred Marriage, writes: "One of the reasons the trees of the western slope of the Cascades survive so long is quite simple: The Washington forests are so wet that lightning strikes cause relatively few fires. Whereas the traditional forest, if left alone, migh

Calling All Disciples

Luke 5:1-11 The passion of Christ was to teach and preach about the wonders of God that could change the heart and life of any person. After leaving the synagogues for awhile, Jesus ventured out to the lakeshores of Galilee to uses a boat for a pulpit. Christ went anywhere people would gat

Marriage

"The early church father Tertullian wrote of the connection of Christ's love to the marriage relationship: How beautiful, then, the marriage of two Christians, two who are one in home, one in desire, one in the way of life they follow, one in the religion they practice. . . . No