Caroline Lusk, Author at Preaching.com

Wagley Book Discusses Preaching to Smaller Congregations

Laurence A. Wagley, Preaching with the Small Congregation (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1989), 140 pp., paper.Does the size of the congregation shape the preaching event? Laurence Wagley thinks that it does, and ... Continue Reading...

Designing the Biblical Narrative Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

The narrative approach to proclamation does not preclude using historical-critical tools in sermon preparation. It endorses the priority of the techniques of literary analysis and, in practice, it advocates the... Continue Reading...

Prayer: Accepting what God has to Give

D. Thomas Eberlein

Prayer: Accepting what God has to Give

Highlights of 1991 National Conference on Preaching

Caroline Lusk

With a theme of "Preaching to Build Believers," the third annual National Conference on Preaching drew more than 350 participants for three days of inspiration and insight in Orlando.One new program element thi... Continue Reading...

Reconstructing the Children’s Sermon

J. Timothy Allen

Children's sermons are an enigma for pastors. If we manage to get past the initial problem of whether they are worth our while in morning worship1 other questions arise. How do we relate to these little people?... Continue Reading...

Motivation or Manipulation in the Pulpit

Robert U. Ferguson, Jr.

"Preacher, what I need you to do is to stomp on my toes and make me do what I know I ought to do!""Pastor, I did not like that sermon for I felt that you were too direct in your application. I do not need you t... Continue Reading...

But does Bo know preaching?

Michael Duduit

It's that time of year again: spring training.The long winter siesta is over for all those talented young athletes assembling in Florida and Arizona. Come August they'll be pounding home runs and stealing bases... Continue Reading...

The Stone Rolled Away (an object lesson using a stone)

Caroline Lusk

A stone is the focal point of this object-based children's sermon, a reminder that the stone which was used for such a sad purpose on Friday became a stone of discovery on Easter Sunday! Whenever you look at a stone, remember that Jesus is alive today.

George Campbell Morgan: A Man of the Word

John Bishop

G. Campbell Morgan was born at Tetbury, England, on December 9, 1883. Shortly afterwards the family moved to Cardiff and attended Roath Road Wesleyan Methodist Church.Morgan preached his first sermon at the age... Continue Reading...

Stories add punch to sermons

Caroline Lusk

ACHIEVEMENT -- Is relativeMrs. Albert Einstein was being taken on a tour of the great Palomar observatory. Pointing to the massive telescope, the director asserted, "With this, we will unlock the secrets of the... Continue Reading...