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You stare at your planning calendar for fall and winter. Suddenly it dawns on you that the Advent season is just around the corner. “Let’s see, there are four Sundays until Christmas, then there is the special Christmas Eve Service, the ecumenical service with the neighborhood congregations you have been invited to preach for, and … Continue reading “Preaching through the Advent Season”

Negotiating the London subway system, also known as the Underground, provided just one of many interesting experiences during the recent International Congress on Preaching. Those who rode the Tube, as the Underground is also known, saw and heard the slogan, Mind the Gap, as the trains stopped to let riders exit and enter. The gap … Continue reading “Mind the Gap”

The past year has seen a boom in electronic publishing. Some new versions of Bible software programs have been released, but the big story has been electronic publishing. Almost every Bible software program now comes with an electronic library. The Logos Library System (LLS) and STEP (Standard Template for Electronic Publishing) have driven this development. … Continue reading “Electronic Publishing Comes of Age in ’97”

With all the junk that is dished out in the name of entertainment these days, it’s about time something of quality and good taste is ready to hit the airwaves. Like us.OK, so maybe it’s not exactly Seinfeld, but we were recently contacted by the producers of a new program (7th Heaven on the WB … Continue reading “Preaching Goes Prime Time”

Preparing to preach effectively to children does not mean finding “something for the kids” to add to the sermon you prepare for the adults. Instead, it means doing your entire sermon preparation aware that some of your listeners will be children. It begins as you study the text for the day or mull over the … Continue reading “Preparing to Preach to the Kids”

I stood with a million men that day as they transformed Washington’s Mall into an open-air cathedral of gravel and grass. It was a remarkable experience to be there among so many men who were unabashedly proclaiming their commitment to Christ, to their families and their churches. If Promise Keepers has done nothing else in … Continue reading “Promises to Keep”

Good preaching appeals to the senses.Taste. Your mouth waters as you think of the luscious grapes from the vine in Canaan. You taste the fish and the bread when Jesus feeds the five thousand. You taste the bitter vinegar offered to Jesus in preaching the cross.Smell. You smell the incense wafting a pleasant aroma in … Continue reading “The Touch of Preaching”

The phrase “Preach the Word” contains both an admonition and a focus. We are called to preach, but that calling has a specific focus: the Word. Authentic Christian preaching is biblically focused and shaped. Pastors have many speaking opportunities — from a devotional for the senior adults to an after-dinner address for the Rotarians — … Continue reading “1997 Survey of Bibles and Bible Reference for Preachers”

It was a cold, cloudy Sunday morning when I found a note laying on the edge of the church cemetery. Someone had scribbled a message on a half sheet of paper. The message read: “I am lonely and tired, my life is a mess — is there any word of hope for me?” There was … Continue reading “Can These Bones Live? The Renewing Power of Preaching with Metaphor”

[Tony Evans is pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas, and author of a number of books. He has become well known recently for his involvement with Promise Keepers, a movement which calls men to renewed spiritual leadership in their homes.]Preaching: You have spoken for several Promise Keepers events and been involved with … Continue reading “Preaching to Men: An Interview with Tony Evans”