Preaching Parables To Postmoderns

Do we need another book on preaching the parables? Brian Stiller - President of Tyndale University College and Seminary in Toronto - has provided a volume that offers valuable insights on the value of the parables for postmoderns, and help to pastors in applying biblical truth in today's culture....

Young & Old – Both Needed

Lyman Bryson wrote: "The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is to believe that experience is a substitute for intelligence." Doesn't that point up the fact that we need both young and old in our churches? We need the optimism...

The Art & Craft Of Biblical Preaching

The Art & Craft of Biblical Preaching is one of the most useful preaching volumes to be published in some time. Edited by Haddon Robinson (the Gordon-Conwell prof and Preaching Contributing Editor whose Biblical Preaching is one of the homiletical classics of the 20th century) and Craig Brian...

Wisdom

Have you seen any of these words of wisdom from bumper stickers? "He who laughs last thinks slowest", "Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now", "All generalizations are...

The Good Shepherd

Something strange happened near Istanbul, according to Turkish media. Nearly one thousand sheep jumped off a cliff while shepherds who had left the herd having their breakfast. 450 sheep died in the bizarre incident. The financial loss for the families who owned the sheep is astounding...

The 2005 Survey Of The Best Software For Preachers

Several weeks ago, I took a short-term missions trip with my church to Eastern Europe. I decided to pack light and carry on my luggage, thereby avoiding the hassle of losing it to that dark abyss (otherwise referred to as "checked baggage"). Packing light meant taking little more for reading than...

Self-Centeredness

What is the smallest country in the world? Some would answer Monaco and others would answer Vatican City. Even though it is disputed some would answer "The Sovereign and Military Order of Malta." The SMOM does have some characteristics of an independent nation and many...

Preaching The Parables Of Jesus

Preachers are a practical bunch. We very quickly make assessments on sermon ideas such as "that will preach" or - one of my favourites - "that dog will hunt." I know, it doesn't sound too holy or spiritual. Remember, we are a practical breed. I recently had...

Promises, Promises

Luke 2:22-40 Listeners to this sermon know that waiting for anything isn't easy. We live in a fast culture today. Everything is on super speed. We demand immediate results. Instant messaging. Instant coffee. Instant breakfasts. But there's something we can learn from...

Preaching

A famous minister was delivering a speech at a banquet. He wanted to repeat the stories he had told at an event at a church in town the following day, so he asked members of the press to omit those stories from their newspaper accounts. A young reporter rushed his account to his...