Whenever we face a communication challenge, telling a story is a good option, and sometimes it is the very best option....
What do you do when your fears seem to be winning the day? What if you pray and God still hasn’t come through for you? If you are like most people, you begin to lose hope, and you wonder why you bothe...
Jared C. Wilson
“We believe” the creed has us say, and this belief begins where the gospel story and our worship ought to begin, with the one who has no beginning (or end): God himself. ...
AGE There is a birthday card making the rounds that says, “You know what they say about age — it’s all in your mind.” Inside the card it adds, “and your legs, your arms, your neck, your arches, your b...
This ordeal left him blind in one eye so he could not take part in contact sports. Miraculously he suffered no brain damage and was fearfully aware that his abductor was still at large. He struggled w...
Joe McKeever
Here are five visible changes in sermons and sermon delivery we have observed over the past two decades....
Contrary to popular wisdom, good preaching has little to do with eloquence, fashion, or the length of a sermon. Good preaching is all about content and posture. ...
John Barry
Pointers from John Piper on approaching the Bible...
Matthew 4: 1-11 The challenge of taking tests starts rather early in......
I am an expository preacher, and I am also a Pentecostal. Admittedly, these two categories are not often used in the same sentence....
The victory over worldliness cannot be won by conforming to a list of rules. The battle is won through the power of the gospel applied to our daily choices....
Through his pastoral service at First Baptist Church, in Atlanta, his In Touch TV and radio ministry and his many books, Charles Stanley has become one of the nation’s best known preachers. Preaching ...
Joe McKeever
With God's help, you can leave behind the painful memories of difficult church experience....
Prior to the revelations concerning Teg Haggard, Ray Pritchard received an email from a woman distraught about repeated pastoral problems in her local church. Her words speak for multitudes who have b...