The Ten Gifts Of Christmas

It's that time of year, when a pastor's thoughts turn to calories. OK, it's not that we really want to think about calories. It's just that with the arrival of the holiday season - that hectic period from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day - it's the rare pastor who doesn't face the challenge of Chr

Preaching With Bold Assurance

Preaching With Bold Assurance. Hershael W. York Bert Decker Nashville: Broadman Holman Publishers, 2003. Hardcover, 288 pages, $21.99. ISBN 0-8054-2623-X. This volume is actually two books in one. Tucked in the middle of the book is a brief treatment for developing and structuring a sermon

Don’t Forget To Pray For Editors

First they asked pastors not to pray "in Jesus' name" so as not to offend people of other faiths. Now the editor of the International Falls Daily Journal in Minnesota has asked pastors writing the weekly church column to avoid using scripture, lest the columns sound too much li

The Perils Of Parenthood

Those who have been reading Preaching for a number of years know that I am a 48-year-old father of two little boys, ages 7 and 3. (Just call me a "late bloomer.") So for the last couple of years, as my old seminary buddies were putting their kids in college, I've been putting mine in diapers. T

Cracks in the Wall

Cracks In The Wall (April, 2003 POL) Topic: Communion Meditation Author: Victor D. Pentz, Pastor, Peachtree Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA Title: Cracks in the Wall Text: John 4:4-19 Well class, it is time to put on your thinking caps. I am going to give you a pop quiz on the poem you see on