Sometimes I think the late Neil Postman is the prophet for out time. After reading about the Miley Cyrus photo fiasco, I am convinced of this. If you have a pre-teen daughter, you know that Miley is t...
More and more churches are responding to the call of short-term missions. Traditional missionaries invested their lives in one mission field, learning the language, absorbing the culture, and eventual...
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,...
Whitney Hopler
Worship is so much more than just the time your congregation sings during your church’s weekend services. ...
Are there some particular insights you’ve gained during the years that help you preach for life change?...
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...
Many pastors are intimidated by the thought of preaching all the way through an entire book of the Bible. Some fear that congregational excitement will be hard to sustain and that pastor and congregat...
It's like the speech that air travelers hear before take-off: "Put on your own oxygen mask first, and then help others around you."...
Are there similarities between fishing and preaching? Jesus thought so, but He wasn't talking about catch-and-releast fishing....
I am an expository preacher, and I am also a Pentecostal. Admittedly, these two categories are not often used in the same sentence....
What did you learn in church today? How is it possible that so many people, young and old, can respond with nothing but silence to such a simple question after spending an entire Sunday morning in chu...
Joe Beam
Pick the sin and it’s likely that someone trusted as a leader in the kingdom of God has done it and been exposed....