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Go Thy Way: When Jesus Healed a Leper
Jesus possesses healing in His touch and commands.
Go Thy Way: Gehazi, on a Mission of Mercy
Going thy way as the Lord instructs requires thorough obedience.
The Prophet who Was Told to Leave Town
Despite conflicting human opposition, instruction and desire, God's prophet was obedient to the Lord's call and command on his life.
The Glory of the Rainbow
Exclusive to Preaching.com: What do you see in the sign of the rainbow?
Devote Yourself to the Public Reading: Enhancing the Role of Scripture Reading in Worship
The Bible often is read poorly in our church services; but when it is read well, it can minister as deeply as a Spirit-empowered sermon. Unfortunately, in many churches public reading of the Bible is little more than homiletical throat clearing before the sermon; but as W.E. Sangster asserted: "Bible reading offers the widest scope for the enrichment of public worship, and it is a great pity that the Scriptures are often so badly readWhen the Book is well read and made to live for the people, it can do for them what sermons often fail to d It can be the very voice of God to their souls."
Second Sunday of Advent (A): Preparing the Way
Second only to Jesus, John the Baptist is one of the first and greatest figures to leap from the pages of the New Testament. Similar to Jesus' nativity and second coming, John's arrival was anticipated in the Old Testament.
The Great Transaction
Dr. Philip Doddridge (1702-1751) began the third stanza of his hymn "O Happy Day!": "''Tis done: the great transaction's done! I am the Lord's and He is mine." The term transaction means "something that is transacted, esp. a business deal or negotiation." Allow me to point out three elements of the great transaction.
A Homiletical Spiral for Preaching Old Testament Narratives
Bearing in mind the danger of forcing passages to "speak to me where I am", let us take a closer look at I Kgs 13:1-6.