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I’ll never forget the time I was in a Christian bookstore in Jacksonville, Florida. I was browsing around and lusting after various volumes when the clerk came up to me and said, “Are you a book guy?”Well, that’s like asking Colonel Sanders if he’s a “chicken guy.” I answered in the affirmative, and she said, … Continue reading “Confessions of a ‘book guy’”

When you hear or read the word “evangelist” what comes to mind? Do you think of Paul, Apollos and Timothy or Bakker, Swaggart and Triton? Do the words honesty, integrity and sincerity come to mind or do you think of deception, pretense and fabrication?After 23 years as a full time evangelist, I am constantly confronted … Continue reading “The Work of the Evangelist 2 Timothy 4:1-5”

Is it only me or has your homiletical junk mail increased?Every day a bundle of brochures pitching quick fixes lands in my mailbox. But when I ask colleagues if these new approaches have had any affect on the way they preach, most shake their heads. They might know a maverick who uses prop sermons or … Continue reading “A Word Lit by Fire”

James Emory White is founding pastor of Mecklenburg Community Church in Charlotte, NC — one of the fastest-growing churches in the nation. Using Willow Creek Community Church as a model, White’s pastoral initiatives also draw on his experience drawn as Preaching-Worship Consultant for the Southern Baptist Sunday School Board. White will be one of the … Continue reading “Preaching to the Unchurched: An Interview with James Emory White”

1998 marked a resurgence in books about Preaching. At Preaching, except for our annual review of books, we attempt to limit our review to books having to do with preaching and/or worship leadership. In 1997, it was tough coming up with books to review. Not so this past year. Many of these books have already … Continue reading “The Year’s Best Books in Homiletics”

Though the demise of the book has been forecast by many, the printed page holds a cherished place in the ministry of the preacher. For most of us, the library is like a meeting of friends, where books old and new offer material for thought, reflection, and debate.The most recent publishing season has seen the … Continue reading “1999 Annual Review of Books for Preachers”

Although October 19, 1880 was a typically hot spring Sunday in Sydney yet, at 3.p.m. despite the heat, the Theater Royal crowded out with hundreds of Australians rushing in to the young preacher who bore the illustrious name of Spurgeon. The purpose of the meeting was to gather funds for the orphanage directed by Thomas … Continue reading “Tom, Tom, The Piper’s Son The Forgotten Story of Thomas: Preacher Son Of the Famous Charles Haddon Spurgeon”

There aren’t too many things that really, really annoy me. It takes a real blunder to get my juices cooking — like a beautiful sirloin steak that’s been charred, or a spill I made on the carpet while explaining to my son how to be careful.I don’t even let the newspaper get me steaming often. … Continue reading “To Pax or to Preach?”

Listening to sermons has always bored me — during my childhood, my adolescence, and even now during my adulthood. For the first five minutes I’m usually able to stay focused on the preacher, but then my mind inevitably begins to wander, coming back to the sermon only now and then to see if I’m missing … Continue reading “A Preaching Journey”

Every time we refer to the Bible, whether preaching before a congregation of familiar faces or citing a passage from memory in a conversation with an unchurched friend, we have one goal: to gain a hearing. What we’re trying to do, ultimately, is speak God’s Word in such a way that a person is compelled … Continue reading “Bringing the Truth to Bear on Our World”