Let’s keep prayerfully pondering how we can explain the meaning of the text in a way that is clear, helpful, instructive and not distracting.
The churches leaving the Reformed Church of America say “it is important to affirm that the Bible is God’s written Word and those who follow Jesus live under the Bible’s authority”.
“Keshab went to the court for his regular hearing. We had no idea that he would be convicted that day and not return home”, says his wife. Christian leaders in Nepal are appealing to the international community.
“We cannot let 800 years of worship and service fail on our watch", says the Church of England.
Christmas services are just a few weeks away. Let’s take a new angle, dive into the Bible and preach with hearts spilling over.
There really isn’t a category of biblical preaching that is somehow good and helpful, but isn’t exegetical.
A survey by the Pew Research Center shows that 25% of US protestants are in favour of state-church integration.
It is not enough to become informed in preparation for preaching. That truth needs to soak into our lives and bring about some level of transformation.
The Real Madrid player shone in the victory against Barcelona, scoring the first goal. During his pre-match routine, Alaba reads the Bible.
The outline is an overview of your strategy for communicating the biblical idea relevantly to the hearts of your listeners.
Preaching is not simply study a passage, write a message and deliver it. We need to be meticulous in our study, but selective in our sermon.
The new FC Barcelona striker talks openly about his faith in interviews and on social media. “Always count on God, He's done miracles on me”, he said after Sunday's game.
We have shifted from authorities being respected, to not being respected, to being distrusted and even opposed.
National Christian organisations unite to pray as over 130 pastors have died.
The weekly emotional roller-coaster of preaching often has more low points than adrenaline highs.
In a strongly worded report, the WEA representatives at the United Nations Human Rights Council say the Hindu nationalist government of India “solidified the environment of hate and intolerance toward religious minorities”.
Journeying alongside local churches in the Philippines. An article by Jojie Wong.
Dig in the text you have, honour the author by doing so, and give your listeners the best you can from this passage.
Hard-line Hindus seek to revoke registration of Christian charities, as a well-strategized plan to show Christians in a bad light.
Let’s resolve, prayerfully and passionately, to always seek to really preach the passage we claim to be preaching.
No matter how well you can communicate or how clever you are, you cannot make the Bible say something better than God made it say.
There are lots of things to be aware of between the beginning of the service and the sermon itself.
Sermon preparation may be a struggle, even a battle at times, but every moment is a privilege.
The positives of James having the jab are clear. The negatives, while short lived, have nevertheless been significant for him.
Does our preaching feel stilted? Do we sound slightly wooden, hesitant?
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