http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/ Preaching.com - Feature Articles en-us Copyright 2008 - Preaching.com Salem Publishing - RSS Generator rss@Preaching.com rss@Preaching.com Sun, 11 May 2008 11:38:20 GMT Sun, 11 May 2008 11:38:20 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/ http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/ http://media.salemwebnetwork.com/preaching/system/gr/preaching_logo_rss.gif 250 43 http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11574736/ Several years ago I spoke to 1,400 church-goers representing more than two dozen churches. Filling an auditorium to capacity and spilling into an overflow area equipped with closed circuit television,... Fri, 02 May 2008 07:30:00 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11574736/ Tim Wilkins Several years ago I spoke to 1,400 church-goers representing more than two dozen churches. Filling an auditorium to capacity and spilling into an overflow area equipped with closed circuit television,... http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11574734/ Doctrinal preaching is all about handling biblical truth as the “true and living Word” that it is, with the sermon functioning as a privileged partner with doctrine in what can be described as a joyous... Fri, 02 May 2008 07:09:00 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11574734/ Robert Smith Doctrinal preaching is all about handling biblical truth as the “true and living Word” that it is, with the sermon functioning as a privileged partner with doctrine in what can be described as a joyous... http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11574733/ A church in Florida recently promoted a 30-day emphasis during which married couples were encouraged to have sexual relations on a daily basis as a way of strengthening their marriages. Conversely, singles... Fri, 02 May 2008 06:58:00 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11574733/ L. Joseph Rosas III A church in Florida recently promoted a 30-day emphasis during which married couples were encouraged to have sexual relations on a daily basis as a way of strengthening their marriages. Conversely, singles... http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11574732/ After eighteen years as pastor of a church he planted, Ron Martoia’s ministry has shifted to that of a “transformational architect,” equipping leaders to deal with change. His speaking and writing seeks... Fri, 02 May 2008 06:42:00 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11574732/ Michael Duduit After eighteen years as pastor of a church he planted, Ron Martoia’s ministry has shifted to that of a “transformational architect,” equipping leaders to deal with change. His speaking and writing seeks... http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11574731/ What is marriage for? Have you ever wondered that? I mean, sure, there are lots of reasons that marriage exists and that it works. It is for companionship. We are wired for relationship, and marriage is... Fri, 02 May 2008 06:32:00 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11574731/ Ed Young What is marriage for? Have you ever wondered that? I mean, sure, there are lots of reasons that marriage exists and that it works. It is for companionship. We are wired for relationship, and marriage is... http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11574727/ I have visited many parts of the world in which the challenges to the 21st-century pulpit look rather different. So part of the purpose of the rest of this essay is modest: to stimulate thinking that will... Fri, 02 May 2008 05:44:00 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11574727/ D.A. Carson I have visited many parts of the world in which the challenges to the 21st-century pulpit look rather different. So part of the purpose of the rest of this essay is modest: to stimulate thinking that will... http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11569991/ At a time when so much of the conversation on preaching deals with presentation, Robert Smith has reminded us effective teaching must also take the theological task seriously. He makes his case so well... Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:21:00 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11569991/ Michael Duduit At a time when so much of the conversation on preaching deals with presentation, Robert Smith has reminded us effective teaching must also take the theological task seriously. He makes his case so well... http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11569925/ More and more churches are responding to the call of short-term missions. Traditional missionaries invested their lives in one mission field, learning the language, absorbing the culture, and eventually... Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:21:00 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11569925/ Lynn Fowler More and more churches are responding to the call of short-term missions. Traditional missionaries invested their lives in one mission field, learning the language, absorbing the culture, and eventually... http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11569923/ This issue of Preaching will be published just prior to the 19th annual edition of the National Conference on Preaching, which will be held April 7-9 in suburban Washington, DC. (In fact, conference participants... Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:59:00 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11569923/ Michael Duduit This issue of Preaching will be published just prior to the 19th annual edition of the National Conference on Preaching, which will be held April 7-9 in suburban Washington, DC. (In fact, conference participants... http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11569921/     Preach the Word:Essays on Expository Preaching: In Honor of R. Kent Hughes, edited by Leland Ryken and Todd Wilson (Crossway) Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics:Foundations... Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:40:00 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11569921/ Michael Duduit     Preach the Word:Essays on Expository Preaching: In Honor of R. Kent Hughes, edited by Leland Ryken and Todd Wilson (Crossway) Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics:Foundations... http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11569918/ Are we witnessing the end of the book? That is the question being asked by educators, publishers, and booksellers as a recent report indicated American adolescents currently enrolled in high school and... Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:17:00 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11569918/ R. Albert Mohler Jr. Are we witnessing the end of the book? That is the question being asked by educators, publishers, and booksellers as a recent report indicated American adolescents currently enrolled in high school and... http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11569912/ Do you approach preaching as a missionary approaches interaction with people from another culture? Like a missionary, are you sensitive to the cultural context? Do you intentionally attempt to connect... Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:40:00 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11569912/ Daniel L. Wong Do you approach preaching as a missionary approaches interaction with people from another culture? Like a missionary, are you sensitive to the cultural context? Do you intentionally attempt to connect... http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11569909/ I recently read a story of an ecumenical conference where the discussion related to how respective denominations would respond to demon possession. It was suggested that:Methodists would sing them out;Pentecostals... Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:41:00 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11569909/ Michael A. Milton I recently read a story of an ecumenical conference where the discussion related to how respective denominations would respond to demon possession. It was suggested that:Methodists would sing them out;Pentecostals... http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11569906/ Preachers can promote active listening by presenting a puzzle the sermon solves. Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:34:00 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11569906/ John Bell Preachers can promote active listening by presenting a puzzle the sermon solves. http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11562918/ "It is, perhaps, an overbold beginning, but I will venture to say that with its preaching, Christianity stands or falls." – P.T. Forsyth Tue, 01 Jan 2008 06:55:00 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11562918/ Greg Heisler "It is, perhaps, an overbold beginning, but I will venture to say that with its preaching, Christianity stands or falls." – P.T. Forsyth http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11562917/ Through his pastoral service at First Baptist Church, in Atlanta, his In Touch TV and radio ministry and his many books, Charles Stanley has become one of the nation’s best known preachers. Preaching editor... Tue, 01 Jan 2008 06:39:00 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11562917/ Michael Duduit Through his pastoral service at First Baptist Church, in Atlanta, his In Touch TV and radio ministry and his many books, Charles Stanley has become one of the nation’s best known preachers. Preaching editor... http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11562798/ Parents ask this question on a daily basis. “Should I microwave some TV dinners or make a salad? Pastors make similar decisions for their church families on a weekly basis. Every week, every pastor wonders,... Tue, 01 Jan 2008 06:27:00 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11562798/ J. Kent Edwards Parents ask this question on a daily basis. “Should I microwave some TV dinners or make a salad? Pastors make similar decisions for their church families on a weekly basis. Every week, every pastor wonders,... http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11562921/ My last article concluded with this challenge: Preach as Trinitarians, and I dealt with two issues: a) Preach the Trinity in the whole story of Scripture; b) Preach all Three Persons. Now we consider two... Tue, 01 Jan 2008 06:21:00 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11562921/ Michael Quicke My last article concluded with this challenge: Preach as Trinitarians, and I dealt with two issues: a) Preach the Trinity in the whole story of Scripture; b) Preach all Three Persons. Now we consider two... http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11562828/ My wife makes the best fudge brownies in the world. Fresh out of the oven, they fill the air with hunger-inducing aroma. Not waiting until they cool, you bite into the soft cake, and it nearly melts in... Tue, 01 Jan 2008 06:17:00 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11562828/ Jere L. Phillips My wife makes the best fudge brownies in the world. Fresh out of the oven, they fill the air with hunger-inducing aroma. Not waiting until they cool, you bite into the soft cake, and it nearly melts in... http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11562920/ I’m sitting in row seven watching Dr. Bob, our senior pastor, give today’s sermon for children. He raises a box and squints his eyes as though he is trying to figure out what is in it. Now most of us,... Tue, 01 Jan 2008 06:09:00 GMT http://www.preaching.com/resources/features/11562920/ Clifford E. Denay Jr. I’m sitting in row seven watching Dr. Bob, our senior pastor, give today’s sermon for children. He raises a box and squints his eyes as though he is trying to figure out what is in it. Now most of us,...