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Jason Baier talks often to the little boy he calls Jamie. He imagines this boy — his son — with blond hair and green eyes, chubby cheeks, a sweet smile.But he’ll never know for sure.His fiancee’s sister told him about the abortion after it was over. Baier remembers that he cried. The next weeks and … Continue reading “Men Suffer Abortion Loss Too”

“He said therefore, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in the garden; it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches’” (Luke 13:18-19).             At the beginning of … Continue reading “The Mustard Seed Kingdom”

From the Editor: Preaching for God’s Glory Articles: The Call is Essential Mileage Rate Goes Up for 2008 Register Now for NCP 2008 Illustrations: Intergrity, TruthDreamsDeath, Anticipation Marriage Link of the Week Preacher’s Bookshelf Humor And Finally…  “Trouble is only opportunity in work clothses.” (Henry Kaiser)   Sign up now for a 1-year subscription to … Continue reading “PreachingNOW, Vol. 7, No. 5”

Matthew 10:1-4   The Rev. Jerry Falwell died recently. So, too, did Yolanda King, who was the eldest child of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Falwell was the founder of the movement known as The Moral Majority and one of the originators of that group that is referred to either as “conservative, … Continue reading “Sharing the Faith with Jerry”

Nehemiah 4:1-6  Sometimes churches spend too much time talking about what we need to do and not enough time doing what needs to be done. Sometimes we seem to value planning and discussing more than we value doing.Have you seen those excellent television commercials advertising the Royal Bank of Scotland? In one of them, a … Continue reading “Rebuilding for the Future”

From the Editor: That’s Why They Play the Game Articles: A Word for the Preacher What the Unchurched Think Illustrations: Men, Christian Life Stress, Rest Marriage, FearBible Lesson Link of the Week Preacher’s Bookshelf Humor And Finally…  “I used to say civilization is going to the dogs. But I quit saying that out of respect … Continue reading “PreachingNOW Vol. 7, No. 6”

God is not an abstraction at Union University. Here, business classes might begin with a prayer. Biology students are encouraged to take creationism as seriously as they do evolution.So what does it say about the nature of God that the campus was shredded Tuesday by a barrage of tornadoes? What does it say that no … Continue reading “Looking for God in the Storm”

From the Editor: Storm Provides a ‘Place to Pray’ Articles: Recovering a Vision of God’s Supremacy Pastors Needs Friends Illustrations: TruthLove, Sacrifice Love, Helping Out Link of the Week Preacher’s Bookshelf Humor And Finally…  “It’s easy to find fault but hard to know what to do with it.” (Unknown)   Sign up now for a … Continue reading “PreachingNOW Vol.7, No.7”

At a time when so much of the conversation on preaching deals with presentation, Robert Smith has reminded us that effective teaching must also take the theological task seriously. He makes his case so well that his book, Doctrine That Dances (B&H Publishing), is our Preaching Book of the Year.Smith helps his readers understand what … Continue reading “Doctrine That Dances”

Place: New York City. Time: 9 o’clock on a Sunday morning. It’s fair to say that many, if not most, of the inhabitants of Manhattan-mostly single, professional, well educated and young-are sleeping it off somewhere. Half of America has roused itself by now and is heading off to church, but in the city that never … Continue reading “The Smart Shepherd”