How the Trinity is reshaping my preaching. Like many young pastors, I spent my early years of ministry torturing audiences through endless experiments with my preaching. I had been to seminary, ...
"I'd like to come observe your sermon-writing process one day." Still draped in his choir robe, the parishioner expressed his wish while in the hand-shaking line after worship. I was surprised, then I ...
There’s no problem with the Scriptures. They’re relevant. But I have to do my part to make the sermon as relevant as the Scriptures, because I want people to leave saying, “I see!” and not “So what?” ...
Every Monday morning of my 16 years of preaching, I’d slide open my filing cabinet to add another sermon manuscript to the archive. When I couldn’t stuff one more into the drawer, I’d take the stack ...
Preaching at the royal wedding was a blessing for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, I hope. But more importantly, it was a blessing for all of us. It’s amazing that so many people watched it, that the ...
I'm gonna do something new tonight. Maybe something that you're going to say at first is unethical, but I'm going to do it anyways. I'm gonna to plagiarize *** sermon, but it's *** game. Here's the ...