Tim A. Dearborn, Author at Preaching.com

Loving the Church in Truth

Sometimes I hear the oddest things when I listen to people talk about their love for the church. It is not that these people are insincere or dishonest. Yet at times their statements suggest a serious lack of u... Continue Reading...

A Love Letter (An object lesson using assorted mail)

Tim A. Dearborn

If we are a letter from Christ, what kind of letter are we? This children's sermon uses different types of mail to encourage children not to be junk mail, but to offer themselves as a personal letter from Christ.

The Peter Principle of Preaching

William Richard Ezell

For many Peter is only remembered for his impetuous personality, his stark denial of Christ, and his ostentatious remarks. His negative attributes often overshadow his homiletical skills.Following the ascension... Continue Reading...

Good Secrets and Bad Secrets (A message addressing potential child abuse situations in which children find themselves trapped.)

Tim A. Dearborn

The message for children approaches potential abuse situations by talking about good secrets and bad secrets. Children learn that some secrets shouldn't be kept.

Preaching and the Christian Year: Pentecost

Howard W. Roberts

Pentecost is the birthday of the Christian Church, but it has longer and deeper roots than the first century. Because Christianity was an outgrowth of Judaism, many of the holidays are parallel to Jewish ones o... Continue Reading...

Fill ‘er up!

Michael Duduit

Young people coming of age in these days of self-service stations may have never heard those words familiar to drivers of an earlier day. You'd pull your automobile next to the pumps of your favorite service st... Continue Reading...

Illustrations help make memorable messages

Tim A. Dearborn

AGING -- Continue to learn"When I was young," W. Somerset Maugham once observed, "I was amazed at Plutarch's statement that the elder Cato began at the age of eighty to learn Greek. I am amazed no longer. Old a... Continue Reading...

Outlines suggest ideas for spring sermons

Tim A. Dearborn

Palm SundayMarch 27,1988Hey, That's Me!(Philippians 2:5-11)I recognized the news sportscaster on the evening news as a high school classmate of mine. Fifteen years had passed since we played in the band togethe... Continue Reading...

New books will stimulate Easter messages

Albert Mohler

John R. W. Stott, The Cross of Christ (Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 1986), 383 pp., $14.95, cloth.H. D. McDonald, The Atonement of the Death of Christ (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1985), 371... Continue Reading...

George A. Buttrick: Scholar, Pastor, Preacher

John Bishop

George A. Buttrick was born at Seaham Harbour, Northumberland, England, on March 23, 1892. In 1915 he graduated from Victoria University, Manchester with honors in philosophy.Buttrick began his ministry as a Co... Continue Reading...