Tim A. Dearborn, Author at Preaching.com

Illustrations aid seasonal sermons

APOLOGIES"An apology is much like a burnt offering: serve it up half-cooked and you haven't really accomplished anything." (Lawrence Shames, quoted in Esquire)APPEARANCE -- Important to usThe important executiv... Continue Reading...

Best Sermons collection offers fresh, interesting homiletical models

Albert Mohler

James W. Cox, ed. Best Sermons 1 (San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1988), 384 pp., $16.95, cloth.Geoffrey W. Bromiley, the prolific theologian/translator of Kittel's Theological Wordbook of the New Testament and ... Continue Reading...

Joseph Parker: Poet, Seer, Preacher

John Bishop

Not many people read Joseph Parker's sermons today, but he had his day and a great day it was. His preaching helped make it great.Preaching was the one thing for which God had sent him into the world, and as Ro... Continue Reading...

Thankfulness: In Everything?

Gary D. Stratman

The most important attitude that we will ever nurture, according to this Thanksgiving sermon, is the attitude of thanksgiving. If we are able by the grace of God to cultivate an attitude of thanksgiving in what we do, say, and are about, we will know a life that is at once more challenging and more fulfilling.

Decorating the Tree (An object lesson using Christmas tree decorations)

Tim A. Dearborn

This children's sermon uses Christmas ornaments to remind kids that it's not just the tree that needs decorating. As we celebrate the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ and God's love for us, we ought to be decorating our lives with things that reflect God's love to others.

Carrying the Donkey

Orville E. Easter

Although criticism goes with the job of pastor, it has never gone well with self-confidence or self-esteem. Perhaps one of the reasons is that criticism often has little or no rational basis.This is not to say ... Continue Reading...

Making Public the Outline in Preaching

J. Grant Swank, Jr.

It is popular in some congregations for the preacher to print his sermon outline, often inserting it in the church bulletin for easy reading by the worshipers.At first glance, this may suggest the message would... Continue Reading...

Forming the Effective Sermon<br/>(Part III of a 3-part series on Rhetoric and Preaching)

Raymond Bailey

This final installment of a three-part series on effective preaching focuses on the technical aspects of the form and presentation of sermons. Part I examined the appropriate relationship between the ancient ar... Continue Reading...

Forgiveness: The Freedom to Forgive (Text: Acts 13:38-39)

Lloyd John Ogilvie

Forgiveness: The Freedom to Forgive (Text: Acts 13:38-39)

Preaching to Joe Secular: An interview with William L. Self

Albert Mohler

Though Atlanta is a city of churches, Wieuca Road Baptist Church is an enduring phenomenon. Once the magnet church for a generation of southern suburbanites, Wieuca Road is now surrounded by bustling Buckhead, ... Continue Reading...