Sermon Development

Sermon Development
New Year’s Resolutions for Preachers

Twelve resolutions for preachers, in no particular order: Show your [...]

Sermon Development
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. [...]