Jesus’ Words Fitly Spoken
"Words fitly spoken," wrote the wise man of old, "are like apples of gold in settings of silver."
1991 Preaching Guide to Bibles & Bible References
At the 1991 Emmy Awards presentation, comedian Jerry Seinfeld commented on television ads that promise "new and improved" versions of well-known brands. He points out, "I didn't even know there was anything wro... Continue Reading...
Sufficiency of Christ: Treasure or Trash?
Sufficiency of Christ: Treasure or Trash?
Take a Byte Out of Sermon Preparation
If the software innovations keep coming, it's only a matter of time until Sunday morning will find parishioners using their personal computers and modems to access their worship service electronically. The past... Continue Reading...
Illustrations shed light on scriptural truths
CHRIST - Overcame enemiesRick Davis came across the story of Sir Thomas Overbury, who was locked in the Tower of London because his poetry outraged his political opponents. For 100 days, his captors fed him a d... Continue Reading...
Sermon briefs suggest text treatments
October 6, 1991Broken Marriage(Mark 10:1-12)One young woman told her pastor, "I'm waiting to find a Christian husband, and then I'll have a Christian marriage." I wish it were that simple. We all wish it were t... Continue Reading...
Bailey volume cites Jesus as model for preaching
Raymond Bailey, Jesus The Preacher (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1990), 128 pp., cloth.Preaching, as an art and craft, is better observed than defined. Though all good preachers give careful and intentional atten... Continue Reading...
The One-Shot Preaching Assignment
At a faculty coffee break, I commented casually that I was working on an article entitled "The One-Shot Preaching Assignment." Later, a colleague stopped by my office to explain that the image of preaching as s... Continue Reading...
Wipe Out! (an object lesson using a computer diskette)
This object lesson for children explains how, just as we can erase the contents of a computer disk by pushing just a few keys on the keyboard, so Jesus offers to do that with the sin in our lives -- to wipe it clean! When He forgives us, He erases all the bad things that we've done in our lives.
On Speaking What We Hear
Not long ago, a neighboring colleague returned from a preaching workshop with Fred Craddock. "It was very helpful," she said, "but it was also disheartening." When I asked what she meant, my friend replied, "Fr... Continue Reading...