Back to School (an object lesson using a pencil box)
This Back to School children's sermon uses a pencil box filled with school tools to help children think about the tools God has given us so we can learn to know him better.
Outlines feature texts in Matthew, Philippians
September 6, 1987Live in Obedience, Walk in Love(Romans 13:1-10)Recent months have caused great agony to many Christians as they have watched their faith ridiculed in the news media and in public conversation b... Continue Reading...
William Edwin Sangster: An Evangelical Greatheart
W. E. Sangster was born in 1900 into a humble home in Shoreditch, London, the son of Anglican parents. In a fragment of autobiography he wrote: "I believe that I was born to be a minister. I cannot recall a tim... Continue Reading...
Stories Shed Light on Bible Truths
BARNABASIn his sermon "Taking the Hazard," John H. Jowett offered this description of Paul's co-worker, Barnabas:"He was gentle, companionable, sweet. He was pastoral where Paul was militant. He was the son of ... Continue Reading...
New Buttrick Volume Called ‘Most Substantial’ Since 19th Century
David Buttrick, Homiletic: Moves and Structures (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987), 487 pp., $24.95, cloth.The preaching world has long anticipated the magnum opus rumored to be lurking in the study of David ... Continue Reading...
Computer software can aid preachers
As more and more preachers enter the world of computing, they are learning that a piece of equipment is only as valuable as the software (the programs that are used in the equipment to run practical application... Continue Reading...
Preaching as Pastoral Moment: A New Slant on G. Campbell Morgan
Among the pulpit voices that continue to speak across the years is that of G. Campbell Morgan. His sermons are still widely read, and are likely to be so for years to come.Still known as "the Prince of Biblical... Continue Reading...
Preaching: Antidote for Trivial Pursuit
Is there anything wrong with the current state of preaching? Yes, say many listeners who form the congregations of today's churches. Many churches are afflicted with a poor quality of preaching and the inevitab... Continue Reading...
A Journey Into Hope
God weeps with us in the midst of tragedy and then calls us to join Him in putting the broken pieces back together again.
Five Things I Have Learned About Preaching Since Seminary
In 1977, I graduated from Harvard Divinity School having won the preaching award two out of three years. As I look back today perhaps a half-thousand sermons later, I find five major changes which the parish ex... Continue Reading...