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Food, Diet

Methuselah ate what he found on his plateAnd never, as people do nowDid he note the amount of the calorie countHe ate it because it was chow.He wasn't disturbed as at dinner he satDevouring a roast o...

Gluttony

It's time to diet when… * You can see the pot at the end of the rainbow - and it's yours. * You take a shower, and nothing below your waist gets wet. * You get your shoes shines, and you have t...

Illustration: Will Power, Self-Control

A woman in our diet club was lamenting that she had gained weight....

3 Reasons You Should Preach through Books of the Bible

Preaching through books of the Bible can be difficult, but pastors must embrace that challenge....

Illustration: Happiness Is...Running?

Happiness is...running? OK, perhaps it has more to do with diet, exercise and gr-attitude...

Illustration: Friendship and Long Life

Friendship leads to longer life, particularly friendship with Jesus, which leads to eternal life....

Illustration: Purity, Abstinence

In a recent edition of his "Breakpoint" commentary, Chuck Colson talked about a recent landmark study demonstrating that abstinence programs are the most effective sex-education available: “The study ...

Lying

At a flower shop in rural West Virginia, Campbell's Creek, an isolated mining hollow, the owner is a chap named Bill Grayolis, 41. A while back Mr. Grayolis lost weight and whispers started ar...

Illustration: Temptation

He had finally got his chance to make the Really Big Sale. He was going into the final interview on the biggest contract he had ever written. As he was ushered into the office of the executive buyer, ...

The Primacy of Preaching in a Healthy Church

Mark Dever explains why the regular diet of the church should consist of the explanation and application of particular portions of God’s Word. ...

Illustration: Legalism, Self-Righteousness

"All groups of human beings have a tendency to be exclusive; they want to know who is inside and who is out. So they adopt identity markers—visible practices of dress, vocabulary or behavior that serv...

What Will I Serve for Dinner?

Parents ask this question on a daily basis. “Should I microwave some TV dinners or make a salad? Pastors make similar decisions for their church families on a weekly basis. Every week, every pastor wo...

Preaching for Life Change

Are there some particular insights you’ve gained during the years that help you preach for life change?...

The Theology of Sermon Design

Current homiletic approaches did not materialize in a vacuum. Their ascendancy to popularity did not just happen. Today at least three winds of influence swirl around contemporary homiletic discussion...