Lent: Learning to Lament Psalm 13
One of the things Lent can teach us to practice all year long is how to lament.
Don’t Take Everyone’s Advice, Including Mine
A news item crossed my desk recently about a long-time friend who had spoken at a seminary and counseled these young and future pastors never to carry notes into the pulpit. "Immerse yourself in the message," h... Continue Reading...
Preaching for Life Application
The ultimate challenge of preaching is to take the materials that have been gathered in the exegetical process and transform them into a sermon designed to offer some spiritual nurture for a specific congregati... Continue Reading...
Easter: “No One Comes to the Father Except through Me”
How often do we slow our systems down long enough to prioritize by asking ourselves some tough questions?
Past Year’s Preaching Books Offer Varied Ideas, Approaches
The year just past produced a large number of books on preaching, including many quite useful contributions in addition to our book of the year, preaching to a Postmodern World by Graham Johnston. (Many of the ... Continue Reading...
Annual Survey of the Year’s Best Books for Preaching
Futurists have predicted the demise of the book and the coming dominance of electronic media. This trend may ho d true for much of the culture, but preachers are likely to guard their libraries with zeal and ho... Continue Reading...
Applying God’s Word in a Secular Culture
You can argue that there is nothing more important in preaching than application. Any sermon without application isn't. Sermons without application just make noise.Ask the greats. C. H. Spurgeon claimed, "Where... Continue Reading...
Lord of the Rings Chat
Who do you see as the Christ-figure in "The Lord of the Rings?" Check out what Jim Ware, co-author of "<a href=http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product/?item_no=355715&event=SRC&item_code=&p=1007740 target=lotr>Finding God in the Lord of the Rings</a>" had to say in our Chat.
Chat Blast!
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to chat in a room with over 100 people in it? Join us and see how crazy it can be as we attempt to break the record of 106 people in the VWBug room. We'll also be trying to break our chat train record of 85 people, as well as playing Bible Trivia and BibleBot Mania, and Word Scramble.
Join us for our Bi-annual Chat Blast. There will be prizes!
<b>Thursday, Dec. 27 9-10:30 p.m. ET in the Playroom.</b>