Charles Spurgeon looked back upon dark hours in his own life and said: I bear willing witness that I owe more to the fire, and the hammer, and the file, than to anything else in my Lord's workshop. I ...
“My point is this: One of the best ways to develop your prayer life is to be attentive to the changes and growth that are occurring in your life as a result of prayer. The more you grow, the more you ...
Joe McKeever
With God's help, you can leave behind the painful memories of difficult church experience....
Are there some particular insights you’ve gained during the years that help you preach for life change?...
F.B. Meyer, preaching in Keswick, England, in 1904, used this vivid illustration to describe his own moment of surrender to Christ: "I remember so well when He came to my heart and challenged me as to...
Josh McDowell explains that, “An executive recruiter, a ‘head-hunter’ who goes out and hires corporation executives for other firms, once told me, ‘When I get an executive that I'm trying to hire for ...
A preacher I know has a daughter who keeps a daily notebook. On one page she had drawn a picture of her father and written carefully his name and address. When asked why, she explained. She had been w...
In the Peanuts comic strip Sally says to Linus, "I think I would be a good evangelist." "Why?" asks Linus. Sally answers, "I convinced the boy who sits behind me at school that my religion is ...
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years....
I wrote my books because of a compulsion to make some record of a fascinating era in veterinary practice. I wanted to tell people what it was like to be an animal doctor in the days before penicillin ...
A little guy is sitting at the bar just staring at his drink for half an hour when this big trouble-making biker steps next to him, grabs his drink and gulps it down in one swig. The poor little guy s...
In the Peanuts comic strip Sally says to Linus, "I think I would be a good evangelist." "Why?" asks Linus Sally answers, "I convinced the boy who sits behind me at school that......
Dear Abby, I am a widow. After 46 years of marriage, I lost my precious husband, now a further loss of our friends. I wish people would still include me, come see me, even just call me. I have...
In the Dallas Seminary Daily Devotional for Oct. 24, 2003, Chuck Swindoll writes: "There we sat, a cluster of six. A stubby orange candle burned at the center of our table flickering eerie shadows acr...
Baylor University is a fine institution in Beaumont, Texas. The Christian who gave the money for building that school later lost all his property. Men of the world asked him, "Don't you wish you had t...
John Barry
Pointers from John Piper on approaching the Bible...
Rick is the co-author of The Externally Focused Church and 60 Simple Things Every Pastor Should Know, and his newest book is Living a Life on Loan. He was recently interviewed by Preaching editor Mich...
Preaching through books of the Bible can be difficult, but pastors must embrace that challenge....