Tim A. Dearborn, Author at Preaching.com

Stories spark sermon interest

ABUNDANCE -- Christ offersRandall Broome, pastor of Oconee Baptist Church in Commerce, GA, recalls his days as a high school football player. Among the rules that were strictly imposed was the waterbreak rule."... Continue Reading...

The Presence of God as Stranger in the Preaching Event (Third of five parts)

Wayne E. Oates

A remarkable discovery occurs in the preaching event when you and I probe some very ordinary life situations to their biblical depths. We find the Eternal God appearing as Stranger in the stress and strain of t... Continue Reading...

Evaluating the Interest Factor in Your Preaching (Third of five parts)

James W. Cox

1. Are the physical conditions where you preach favorable?The most elementary factor in gaining and keeping interest in a sermon is the ability of an audience to listen with a reasonable degree of comfort. True... Continue Reading...

What Christ Means to Me<br/>(Text: Phil. 1:21)

John Bishop

The Apostle lived only to serve his Lord, He would have agreed with Hudson Taylor who said: "Christ is either all in all or nothing at all."For Paul, Christ had been the beginning of life, for on that day on th... Continue Reading...

Toward Wedding Sermons with Substance

Francis C. Rossow

A wedding sermon, whenever it is included in a Christian marriage ceremony, provides a pastor with unique opportunities. To begin with, it enables him, through the Gospel that he speaks, to contribute to the ma... Continue Reading...

The Kind of Preaching That Matters

Norman Vincent Peale

Everybody has moments he would characterize as his highest and greatest. One of mine is that Sunday morning when I preached my first sermon.It was in the little Methodist church at Walpole, Mass. I was a semina... Continue Reading...

Preaching that makes a difference

Michael Duduit

A few years ago Henry Ward Beecher became a good friend of mine.Over a year-long period when I was researching Henry's preaching and writing a dissertation (Henry Ward Beecher and the Political Pulpit, availabl... Continue Reading...

Outlines include Lenten, Easter texts

Tim A. Dearborn

March 1Building-Block Christianity(I Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23)Thomas A' Kempis wrote: "The loftier the building the deeper the foundation be laid."Paul views the Corinthian Christians as "God's building" (v. ... Continue Reading...

When the Stone Was Rolled Away (an object lesson using a stone)

Tim A. Dearborn

When the Stone Was Rolled Away (an object lesson using a stone)

Volumes explore narrative preaching

Albert Mohler

H. Stephen Shoemaker, Retelling the Biblical Story: The Theology and Practice of Narrative Preaching (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1985), 180pp., $7.95, pb.Eugene L. Lowry, Doing Time in the Pulpit: The Relations... Continue Reading...