Dear Working Preacher
What Do You Lack?
“You lack one thing.” There is great irony in Jesus’ statement, isn’t there? We can likely assume [...]
Craft of Preaching
Theology and Interpretation
Preaching + Divorce
Jesus said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Divorce Text
There are certain texts that once read out loud in worship, in the midst of a faith [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Hyperbolic Homiletic
If it sounds like Jesus is coming down hard on the disciples, well, it should. We have [...]
Sermon Development
Collaborative Preaching with Church Members
As a preacher regularly stirred by reading and interpreting the [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Greatest
The relevance of Scripture continues to amaze me. The many stories and illustrations we think we need [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Who Do You Say that I Am?
“Who do you say that I am?” is a much harder question than we think [...]
Theology and Interpretation
Preaching + Suicide Prevention
In my own struggles with suicidality as a teen and [...]
Sermon Development
Preaching “Praises”
We get the name “Psalms” from the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible: the word psalmos roughly [...]
