When Jesus Sits In The Middle

Proper 24 (B), October 19, 2003 When Jesus Sits in the Middle Mark 10: 35-45 1. Seats for self-serving sons This is Mark's third passion prediction followed by a blatant request for fame and honor in the mouths of James and John. This is the only time in the gospel of Mark that these

D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones: Servant Of The Word

Although Charles Haddon Spurgeon was often called "The Last of the Puritans," the title probably better belongs to D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981), whose strategic ministry at the heart of London spoke to the nation and impacted the entire world (and still does through his tapes and printed se

No Place To Hide

Proper 23 (B), October 12, 2003 No Place to Hide Hebrews 4:12-16 On September 15, 2001, the President issued this statement: "We will find those who did it; we will smoke them out of their holes; we will get them running and we'll bring them to justice. . . . They will try to hide, they

Tune To The Right Channel

Proper 22 (B), October 5, 2003 Tune to the Right Channel Hebrews 1:1-3 In September of 2000, the British Navy frigate HMS Grafton ran aground as it attempted to depart from the port at Oslo, Norway. Norwegian authorities were hindered in their investigation of the incident when they disc

The Scariest Verse in the Bible

The Scariest Verse in the Bible Hebrews 13:17 Whenever the Lord knows in advance what I'm preaching the following Sunday, He loves to lend a hand. I appreciate that. That's why the two contacts I received yesterday arrived at just the right time. The first was

The Handwriting Is on the Wall

The Handwriting is on the Wall (Eighth in a Series) Daniel 5:1-5, 20-28 Throughout human history, public walls have been used to communicate various ideas from political dissent to love messages to purely artistic endeavors. Our own culture has expanded and

May-June 2003 ~ Vol. 18, No. 6

Contents Include: "Preaching to Women" by Alice Matthews, "From Classroom to Pulpit: Interviews with Fred Craddock Walter Brueggemann" by Michael Duduit, "Preaching Cross-Culturally" by Dave Pederson; Sermons by Stuart Briscoe, Michael Milton, William Self, Edward Erwin, Kathlee

Preaching Cross-Culturally

One wrongly translated word contributed to the atomic settlement of World War II. In July, 1945, many influential Japanese, including the emperor, were prepared to consider the terms of the Potsdam ultimatum. Before responding, the Japanese cabinet felt that they needed more time, so they anno