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Using a Creed as the basis for a sermon series might be viewed as a hybrid between the use of lectionary texts and developing a topical series. Week 1: July 12, 20151Preaching texts: John 1:1-16; (...)

Drinking Deeply from the Psalms Commentary and hymns for a six-part preaching series on the Psalms.1 This worship and preaching series on the Psalms is meant to move through six psalms in a manner that (...)

[This is Week 3 of a 4-week preaching series on Revelation.] Week 3 (Aug. 27, 2017) Preaching text: Revelation 6:1-8 and 7:9-17; accompanying text: John 14:1-4 The scenes of praise and celebration in the previous (...)

Notes for a four-week preaching series on the book of Revelation. Week 1 (Aug. 13, 2017) Preaching text: Revelation 4:1-11; accompanying text: John 17:1-5 God the Creator Revelation’s vision of the heavenly throne room now (...)

Why read 2 Corinthians? It is probably one of Paul’s most difficult letters to decipher. For one thing, its tone oscillates widely — from expressing deep love to angry rebuke. For another, it does not (...)

The Imitation of Christ, likely written by Thomas à Kempis in the early fifteenth century, is widely held to be the most popular and influential book of all time outside the Bible. The author provides (...)

This pericope easily breaks into two sections. Each is loaded with key ideas and images, many of which could be treated individually as its own sermon. The challenge for any preacher lies in discerning what (...)

Though the words belong to an ancient letter, they seem so contemporary and modern. In part that is because of the issue that drives them — it’s about authority, credibility, and trust. “We were not (...)

Beneath and embedded in Paul’s letter to the Romans is the ferment of the empowerment of a new life brought about by God’s unconditional love. The nature of God’s love is manifested in the ministry, (...)

Psalm 86 is classified by most scholars as a psalm of individual lament, in which an individual expresses the pain of his present condition and seeks relief from God.1 However, most of the elements of (...)