Tim A. Dearborn, Author at Preaching.com

Sermon briefs offer homiletical guidance

Easter (B)April 3, 1994When Easter Becomes Real(John 20:1-18)They were interviewing one of the sweepstakes winners -- you know the ones: Ed McMahon sends you a letter, you buy a magazine, and soon the "Prize Pa... Continue Reading...

Toning Up Your Sermon

Allen R. Bean

Muscles help hold our bones together. When our muscles become flabby they allow bones to shift out of place, resulting in pain or injury. The solution to this problem requires that we tighten our muscles throug... Continue Reading...

Easter: Sharing Our Wounds (John 20)

Penelope Duckworth

The message that the risen Christ brought to the disciples on Easter morning is that each body -- wounds and all -- is bound for glory. Each of us needs to get in shape for glory, to practice resurrection; and part of practicing resurrection is sharing our wounds.

A Contrarian View of Homiletics

Robert C. Shannon

Many mutual fund companies offer a variety of funds from which investors may choose. Often one of them is a fund called a Contrarian Fund, or a fund whose strategy could run contrary to the conventional wisdom ... Continue Reading...

Easter: An Easter Point of View (Luke 24:13-32)

Tim A. Dearborn

This sermon puts it simply: We view the picture in terms of life and death. God looks at it in terms of death and life. That's the Easter point of view.

The Shapes of Sermons to Come

Mike Graves

Going to get the mail can be quite an experience. A collage of documents is dropped into the mailbox daily -- different sizes, shapes, colors, textures. On this particular day it is no different. Printed on sli... Continue Reading...

Easter: The Proven Gospel

Robert E. Coleman

Jesus has defeated death; that is the full message of the Gospel. Yet what the world regards as inviolable laws of nature seem to have been defied. Can Easter be true? This sermon takes a look at proof of the resurrection and the truths that the resurrection proved.