Preachers know what Mark Twain knew, that "the difference between the right word and the nearly right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug."Week after week as we labor to put the Word ... Continue Reading...

In my mind's eye I can still picture the professor's red pencil marks across my sermon manuscript and the blunt words in the margin, 'Don't clutter the illustration!"I was a senior in seminary, a budding pulpit... Continue Reading...

Sunday morning approaches as you stare at your stack of sermon notes. The stack stares back and it says, "Preacher, you've worked hard on me, but let's face it -- I'm boring."You have, in fact, worked hard. You... Continue Reading...