We go into the week in relationship to a present Jesus in our hearts by His Spirit, and that makes all the difference in the world.

Let’s not reduce Old Testament narratives to illustrations or children’s talks, but preach them as well as we can.

When leadership and preaching go together, the church isn’t functioning merely as a business, but as a spiritual community responding to the Word of God. 

Our apologetics are our attempts to speak for God into this world, but the Bible is God’s Word spoken into this world. 

The preacher is not a reporter of facts found during their research. He is called to speak to the listeners from God’s Word.

The arm of the Lord is a symbol of might and power that the nations should fear, and yet a symbol of tender strength that God’s people should trust.

Preach the Bible well, so that people can see not only what to believe, but how to derive that belief from the pages of Scripture.

Registration is now open for the ELF conference in Wisla (Poland), 17-22 May. Peter J. Williams of Tyndale House in the UK will be the Bible teacher.

In preaching, whichever camp you choose to set up your homiletical tent in, be sure to benefit from what is good about the other group too.

We need an army of pragmatic Marthas, ready to serve and love their neighbour because they have first been an army of devoted Marys.

 If my heart is concerned about what people think of me, I may well be blind to the truth of the text I claim to understand and then proclaim to others.

Looking back, it is clear that we are already extravagantly loved as God’s children.  Looking forward, we discover that our revelation as the bride of Christ is still to come.

The goal of preaching, theologically, is not just to learn about God, but to encounter Him, to enjoy Him, and be united to Him. 

Common decency says we should not liken anything today to 1930’s Germany. In light of what has happened recently and what may lie ahead, maybe it would be wiser if we did.

It may be that the turbulent times stir previously comfortable hearts to a new level of openness. When those moments come, we must offer Jesus to a needy world.

Today, we live in a world of indolence that strengthens people with sinister agendas, whatever their ideology or religion may be. 

Why do people assume that the freedom of speech and of religion will persist when those asserting their power are committed to a different morality? 

I don’t want to condemn the church in the 1930s without acknowledging how easily cowed the church in the 2020s might prove to be. 

Society may be conditioned to support an approved narrative, but we are called to be men and women of truth. 

The pulpit is not a soapbox; we have something much more important to proclaim.  But let us not live in ignorance of what is happening in the world around us. 

There are so many parallels between then and now. What could and should the pastors do in a society that is leaning in a dangerous direction?

I’d like to ponder what Nazi Germany might mean for how we preach and influence both church and society in our tumultuous times.

You want to be the most prepared preacher possible, but you must preach with a profound sense of your dependence on God.

Let’s talk about a couple of unplanned moments that tend to show up quite often in the sermon preparation.

Let’s think about two defining moments in sermon preparation that tie into the transition between passage study and message formation.