POLL: How often do you use humor in preaching?
How often do you use humor in preaching?
Frequently
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
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Laughing at Ourselves
I have a confession to make: I am a BabylonBee fan. For those who haven’t yet discovered this guilty pleasure, babylonbee.com is a parody news site--think christianheadlines.com meets The Onion. And it pokes fu... Continue Reading...
Oh Deer!
If it was a movie, we’d call it “Revenge of the Deer.”
According to a Sept. 29 UPI story, a New Jersey woman hit a deer with her SUV, only to have the injured animal seek revenge by coming after her in the v... Continue Reading...
The Worship Pastor
The Worship Pastor (Zondervan) by Zac Hicks is a book every pastor should buy and give to the worship leader in his church. Subtitled “A Call to Ministry for Worship Leaders and Teams,” Hicks points out that tr... Continue Reading...
Self-Control
As the hard-fought Little League game was underway, the coach paused to say to one of his players, "Do you understand what cooperation is? What a team is?" The little boy nodded yes.
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3 tips for better sermon conclusions
Southwestern Baptist Seminary offers an excellent new resource called PreachingSource.com. In a recent article posted there, Kevin Ueckert offers three tips for more effective sermon conclusions:
“A conclusi... Continue Reading...
POLL: How long is your usual Sunday morning worship service?
How long is your usual Sunday morning worship service?
Under 30 minutes
30-45 minutes
45 -60 minutes
60-90 minutes
90 minutes - 2 hours
More than 2 hours
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The Importance of Accountability, Confession and Friendship
My friend Clayton King, who has never served as a senior pastor (and had not expected to), suddenly found himself leading one of the nation’s largest congregations as interim pastor of NewSpring Church in Ander... Continue Reading...
Grin and Bear it
An 86-year-old Connecticut man and his wife awoke at 3:00 am hearing a lot of noise in their house. It turns out a bear had finished off all the watermelons in the garden and decided to come into the house in s... Continue Reading...
Designed to Lead
Drawing on years of leadership experience in the local church, Eric Geiger and Kevin Peck’s new book Designed to Lead: The Church and Leadership Development (B&H Publishing) is designed to help Christians u... Continue Reading...