Tim A. Dearborn, Author at Preaching.com

Sermon briefs offer ideas for sermon approaches

23rd Sunday after PentecostNovember 3, 1996Being an Effective WitnessI Thessalonians 2:9-13One of the greatest tragedies of modern Christianity is the failure of God's people to witness effectively. It's not th... Continue Reading...

The Preacher’s Platform

James M. Wells

He was a dedicated deer hunter, ever since the first time his daddy took him. Every year when deer season rolled around, he grabbed his gun aid headed for the woods. Then he met her and they married, and still,... Continue Reading...

Why Be a Preacher?<br/>An Exposition of 2 Corinthians 4:1-15

Roy Clements

It seems a bit of a waste," he said.I nodded. I could see his point. We were talking over coffee in the university laboratory where he and I had been working as colleagues for the best part of two years. Someho... Continue Reading...

The 1996 Survey of Computer Software for Preachers

Bob Dasal

"If it keeps getting better and better, oh Lord! I don't know what I'm going to do." Those lyrics express my feeling about computer technology. John 1:3 says "All things were made by Him, and without Him was no... Continue Reading...

Preaching to the Unchurched

Rick Warren

Be tactful with those who are not Christians....Talk to them agreeably and with a flavor of wit, and try to fit your answers to the needs of each one.(Colossians 4:5-6)Speak only what is helpful for building ot... Continue Reading...

September-October 1996 – Vol. 12, No. 2

Tim A. Dearborn

September-October 1996 - Vol. 12, No. 2

On to bigger and better things …

Michael Duduit

I've learned an important lesson: never, ever, ever tell your wife that you're never moving again.When we moved into our Louisville home three years ago, I assured my wife that the only way she'd get me out wou... Continue Reading...

Summer is good time for a reading ‘change of pace’

Tim A. Dearborn

It's summer, and that means it's time for barbeque, beaches, and books!For pastors, summer usually means some vacation time; for the fortunate ones, several weeks of church-provided study leave may be on the ho... Continue Reading...

The 1995-96 Index of Preaching<br/>Volume 11 – July-August 1995 through May-June 1996

C. T. Harris

Key to the Index:J/A July-August 1995S/O September-October 1995N/D November-December 1995J/F January-February 1996M/A March-April 1996M/J May-June 1996Author IndexAchtemeier, Elizabeth A. Speaking the Unspeakab... Continue Reading...

Sermon Briefs Offer Homiletical Approaches

Tim A. Dearborn

11th Sunday after Pentecost (A)August 11, 1996Faith That's for Real(Romans 10:5-15)Not long ago, a night worker of a Kinko's copy shop in Birmingham, Alabama, was arrested for producing tens of thousands of dol... Continue Reading...