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Our newly acquired daughter-in-law had not been raised in a Christian home. She joined in Sunday worship with a vigor and interest that thrilled us. Each Sunday after and during dinner she questioned us about t...

A. Challenge the Assumptions They Live ByAll of us live out of our assumptions and presuppositions about life. One way to hook my interest, if not my anger, is to challenge or attack the presuppositions I live ...

Winston Jones wrote, "Storytelling is the most ancient of the arts, and the most universal."1Preaching is a demanding task. William Barclay insisted that preachers should be chained to their desks four mornings...

The story of Eutychus (Acts 20:7-9) is a two-edged sword. It cuts on one side with humor and on the other with tragedy. Yet this story is repeated unknown times in churches each Sunday. Those of us who face our...

The concept of the invitation is as old as God's recorded word. It is in the opening chapters of Genesis; it is in the closing verses of Revelation. All the way throughout the scripture God is appealing, seekin...

A good sermon needs a sprinkle of salt. The exemplum -- a story which sustains the argument and points to the moral -- is always the right seasoning.Any preacher who stands in the pulpit and categorizes command...

"For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel..." (I Corinthians 1:17)No one could accuse Paul of having his priorities confused. Writing to his young brother in the faith Timothy (I Timothy ...