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New Year’s Resolutions for Preachers
Twelve resolutions for preachers, in no particular order: Show your [...]
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Blessings Precede You
In my last Working Preacher article, “How to Preach the News without Drowning,” I encouraged preachers to [...]
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Preaching Mark in Times of Strife (Part 2 of 2)
In the first article of this two-part series, the author [...]
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Preaching Mark in Times of Strife (Part 1 of 2)
Just in time. The Gospel according to Mark is about [...]
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How to Preach the News without Drowning
“Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth [...]
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Hands-Free Preaching
I was a writer before I was a preacher. A colleague of mine, whose newspaper beat I [...]
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Rebooting Your Translation
A recent State Farm commercial depicts how a shift in context can dramatically change the [...]
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Give Them a Story
The story of God’s love incarnate in Jesus Christ is often referred to as the greatest story [...]
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Behind the Sermon: John 3 and Immigration
When I was invited to preach on John 3 recently,1 [...]
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The False Comfort of Agreement
Pause for a second before you start reading. Stop. Think. [...]