Tim A. Dearborn, Author at Preaching.com

New Craddock volume offers ‘vision’ to preachers

Craddock, Fred B. Preaching (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1985), 224pp, $16.95.Fred Craddock, Professor of Preaching and New Testament at Candler School of Theology and Graduate Division of Religion, Emory Un... Continue Reading...

Outlines include Advent texts, more from Mark

Tim A. Dearborn

November 3Love God With Your Mind(Mark 12: 28-34)The human mind is an amazing thing. Its millions of cells form an intricate insturment which is more complex than any man-made computer. Yet we don't often think... Continue Reading...

Sermon Writing and Preaching Is a Process of Individuation

John Mundy

Sermon writing and preaching have become for me, and perhaps other ministers, something more than just another function of church life. It has become, in fact, a whole process of self-examination, spiritual gro... Continue Reading...

Finding Sermon Illustrations in Nature

Gerald Walton Paul

On a sunny March morning near Canada's capital city I sauntered along a deserted railway line enjoying the journey immensely. I watched tree sparrows picking weed seeds, melt water trickling towards the river, ... Continue Reading...

Build a Foundation for Effective Evangelistic Preaching

Lewis A. Drummond

Evangelistic proclamation has for centuries assumed a major role in the communication of the church. But the contemporary moment has witnessed an attenuation of the evangelistic thrust in many pulpits. Some eve... Continue Reading...

Preaching and Pastoral Care<br/>First of a five-part series

Wayne E. Oates

For most of Christian history, preaching and pastoral care would not be spoken of with a plural verb. Preaching and pastoral care were seen and practiced as a singular experience. The earliest formulations of p... Continue Reading...

What Am I Doing Here Anyway?

Michael Duduit

"I get so frustrated. I stand before a handful of people Sunday after Sunday, telling them about spiritual things, when what they're really concerned about is what they'll be doing at work Monday morning, or th... Continue Reading...

Illustrations Add Sparkle To Sermons

Tim A. Dearborn

COOPERATION - Value ofDid you hear about the two moving men who were struggling with the big crate they found in the doorway? They pushed and worked until both of them were worn out. Finally the man on the outs... Continue Reading...

Little Things Make Difference to Laity

Paul Ferris

During the past 30 years, I've been a member of ten churches in the United States and five foreign countries. Sharp theological debates may appear at times to separate the denominational hierarchy, but on the c... Continue Reading...

Chrysostom: Golden Mouth, Practical Message

Tim A. Dearborn

How does a preacher speak to a society that is possessed by materialism and self-indulgence, riddled with political corruption and a resulting disrespect for the law? If that sounds like a situation faced by Am... Continue Reading...