In a recent article for SermonCentral, Joe Stowell wrote: "I am haunted by the words of my professor and mentor Howard Hendricks, who warned me that one of the worst sins is boring people with the Bible. It is certainly challenging to convince 'what-have-you-done-for-me-lately' church members that what I am about to say is more important than what they would like to think about for the next 40 minutes.