I’m sitting in row seven watching Dr. Bob, our senior pastor, give today’s sermon for children. He raises a box and squints his eyes as though he is trying to figure out what is in it. Now most of us,...
Paul Edwards interviews pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church John MacArthur about the emerging church movement in America....
his newest book, 3:16, Lucado explores that great passage we know as John 3:16. He recently visited with Preaching editor Michael Duduit about the sermon series that led to the book, then discussed hi...
Whitney Hopler
Worship is so much more than just the time your congregation sings during your church’s weekend services. ...
“The early church father Tertullian wrote of the connection of Christ’s love to the marriage relationship: How beautiful, then, the marriage of two Christians, two who are one in home, ...
Mark Dever explains why the regular diet of the church should consist of the explanation and application of particular portions of God’s Word. ...
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...
In his book Surviving Hell: A P.O.W.’s Journey, Leo Thorsness tells of the courage it took to worship in the infamous Hanoi Hilton prison in Vietnam. ...
Humor, especially in the pulpit, can be tricky, but often worth the risk in order to connect with your congregation. You can buy books that have all the variations of humor, but there are three broad ...
Even mothers who try hard are sometimes disappointed.According to Irving Wallace, Alice Hamilton had two sons who were listed as “Public Enemy Number 1.” Her older son, Floyd, was a part o...
Each year brings a continuing flow of various study bibles and this one has been no different. Some such Bibles seem merely to be the result of marketing efforts, but others are truly helpful....
F.W. Boreham shares a story about his mentor J.J. Doke moving from New Zealand to South Africa and collaborating with Mahatma Gandhi....
One of society’s most celebrated writers was O. Henry. Readers enjoyed how he always had a little twist to his stories and how he was always interested in the lives of common people and their ...
The heart of preaching is found in the interplay between the preacher coming to God’s Word in Scripture and then bringing people to God’s Word......
Robberies are not unusual, but this one is. A sketch by artist Salvador Dali has been stolen from the men’s prison at Riker’s Island. The sketch is of Jesus Christ on the cross. The ske...
Many Christian women today view the sermon—the proclamation of the gospel—as the centerpiece of the worship experience. They yearn for the serious pastor to stand with integrity in the pulpit, open hi...