I am an expository preacher, and I am also a Pentecostal. Admittedly, these two categories are not often used in the same sentence....
In his book Falling in Love with Prayer (NexGen), Mike MacIntosh writes: "When I was a teenager I wanted so much to be accepted by my peers, and I decided that a foul mouth was a way to act like a man...
Philip Nation
We’ve just finished up our message series in Jonah, and I am always devastated by what I learn in the fourth chapter. Here are my preaching notes on the subject of how we learn to take on God’s heart ...
Joe McKeever
Listen as the congregation files out of the sanctuary on Sunday, and you'll hear the common refrain: "I didn't get anything out of ___ [fill-in-the-blank] ___."...
The preacher's wife must keep her wit and wisdom about her in their marital relationship....
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...
Mother's Reward You are the trip I did not take, You are the pearls I cannot buy. You are my blue Italian lake, You are my piece of foreign sky. You are my Honolulu moon. You are the book 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 ...
Ingenuity, hard work and some stick-to-it-iveness paves the way to a homerun....
You'll Get Used to It Finding his newly-appointed pastor standing at his study window in the church weeping as he looked over the inner city's tragic conditions, a layman sought to console him: "Don't...
Here's an illustration from the movie Matrix: Revolutions, courtesy of MovieMinistry.com: The Big Idea: Love is a connection. Scene Setup: Neo finds himself on a concrete floor. As he awakens, he is l...
Preaching through books of the Bible can be difficult, but pastors must embrace that challenge....
Rules were made to be broken, especially if it means saving face....
The late Erma Bombeck made these New Year's resolutions: 1. I'm going to clean this dump just as soon as the kids grow up. 2. I will go to no doctor whose office... ...
How old are you, Grandpa? How long have you been working on that aging process?...
What is manly behavior, and what is gentlemanly behavior? One husband learns a lesson in humility....
Exactly how much of the Bible does one need to know to be a leader within the church? Are you smarter than a fifth grader?...
The greatest talents are those who keep trying despite rejection and apparent failure until they do succeed....
N.T. Wright was one of the featured speakers at the recent International Congress on Preaching in Cambridge, where he was interviewed by Preaching editor Michael Duduit...