Modern Good Samaritans
This children's sermon invites kids to think about being Good Samaritans" just like the man in Jesus story and offers them a practical way to always be prepared to do so.
Stott Says Preaching Must Respond to Challenges
Stott, John R. W. Between Two Worlds: The Art of Preaching in the Twentieth Century (Grand Rapids: Eerdmanns, 1982), 351 pp., $13.95."Preaching is indispensable to Christianity." With this commanding sentence J... Continue Reading...
Mark Offers Variety of Truths for Preaching
Beginning with this issue, Preaching will regularly include sermon ideas, outlines, illustrations and other helps related to the texts suggested in the Common Lectionary used by pastors in several denominations... Continue Reading...
Awake O Thou That Sleepest!
I love gospel lecture films. The cameras play the audience, who are eager, smiling in rapt attention, waiting for the glorious gospel truths that are funny and sad, tearful but joyous beyond belief.Each of my "... Continue Reading...
Prayer: The Promise of Praying Together (Matthew 18:19-20)
Jesus manifests His presence in a special way when two or more of His disciples meet to pray. The promise is "that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of My Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in My Name, there am I in the midst of them" (Matthew 18:19-20). In order for the promise to be realized, however, several conditions are laid down.
Apathy in the Pew: Preaching to the Uninvolved (Part Two)
A. Challenge the Assumptions They Live ByAll of us live out of our assumptions and presuppositions about life. One way to hook my interest, if not my anger, is to challenge or attack the presuppositions I live ... Continue Reading...
From the Mouths of Babes: Tips on Preaching to Young People
Our newly acquired daughter-in-law had not been raised in a Christian home. She joined in Sunday worship with a vigor and interest that thrilled us. Each Sunday after and during dinner she questioned us about t... Continue Reading...
Evangelism: Where Does Being Born Again Lead?
Millions of people hesitate on the brink of being born again because of their fear of where it will lead them. Implicit to Saul of Tarsus being born again as Paul the Apostle was his surrender to the will of God. This is an inescapable sequel to everyone who comes to Christ for salvation. Paul defined the doings of a born-again believer as a life of "understanding what the will of the Lord is" (Eph. 5:17) and then doing it.
The Triple Brain Test of a Sermon
When you stand to preach, what happens? Are all your parishioners docile receivers waiting with open hearts? Is all resistance melted? Does all indifference and hostility evaporate when the congregation enters ... Continue Reading...
Measurements of Life
A measuring stick and a watch are the focal points for this children's sermon, which invites kids to think about how their own lives will be measured.