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Paul Sheppard discusses how joy differs from happiness; understanding that joy is based on God’s relationship with us, God’s provision for us, and God’s promises to us (based on Gal. 5:22 and other passages). Share This On:

From the Editor: New in Town Articles: Paul on Preaching Connected to the PastMark Your Calendar Illustrations: Witness, Example Youth, Sexuality Bad Planning, Cultural Confusion Link of the Week Preacher’s Bookshelf Humor And Finally…  “You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.” (Wayne Gretzky)   Sign up now for a 1-year subscription to … Continue reading “PreachingNOW Vol. 7, No. 27”

From the Editor: Living a Sermon Articles: Both Spirit & Preparation are Needed Read Scripture as IncarnationalMark Your Calendar Illustrations: Love, Decisions Service, HonestyMarriage, Timing Link of the Week Preacher’s Bookshelf Humor And Finally…  “Time is money. Money is time. Reset your clock.”   Sign up now for a 1-year subscription to Preaching Magazine. That’s … Continue reading “PreachingNOW Vol. 7, No. 28”

Alexander Solzhenitsyn died on Sunday, August 3 at the age of 89. We would do well to remember this man. Surely Solzhenitsyn’s greatest work was his extraordinary writing. Underneath his contributions to literature are his flesh-and-blood contributions to faith and life. Two of his books stand out: The Gulag Archipelago and One Day in the Life … Continue reading “Remember My Chains: The Life and Death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn”

From the Editor: Lessons from the Beach Articles: Building a Bridge Encouraging Change Mark Your Calendar Illustrations: PrayerSalvation, Grace Being Prepared Link of the Week Preacher’s Bookshelf Humor And Finally…  “How wonderful it is ithat nobody need wait a single moment to improve the world.”(Anne Frank)   Sign up now for a 1-year subscription to … Continue reading “PreachingNOW Vol. 7, No. 29”

If anyone knows words, it should be the fine people at the Merriam-Webster company, who publish a variety of dictionaries. Each year, it seems, they scour the culture to search out those new words and phrases that have come into common use, and this year they’ve added more than 100 new entries to their Collegiate … Continue reading “What’s in a Word?”

Suffice it to say that I was not very hopeful about the Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency held at the California megachurch last Saturday night.  In the first place, I am not really comfortable with the idea of hosting such a politically charged event in a church.  No matter how the event is planned … Continue reading “Backtrack to Saddleback — Secularists Not Pleased”

From the Editor: Hang in There Articles: Preaching in an unChristian World Shifting Sand Illustrations: Alcohol Abuse, Students Television, Entertainment Problems, Mistakes Link of the Week Preacher’s Bookshelf Humor And Finally…  “Sports do not build character. They reveal it.”(John Wooden)   Sign up now for a 1-year subscription to Preaching Magazine. That’s 6 great issues … Continue reading “PreachingNOW Vol. 7, No. 30”

In one of Gulliver’s travels, he met a man who had invented a device for extracting sunshine from cucumbers. The inventor could store it away in bottles for brightening the house on dark days. Dark days come to us all. Discouragement is an ever-present danger, and sorrow is the stalker of us all. Like the … Continue reading “Encouraging Each Other (1 Thess. 4:13-18)”

From the Editor: Staying Connected Articles: Need to Read Why Teams Fail Illustrations: Words, Encouragement Obedience Giving, Urgency Link of the Week Preacher’s Bookshelf Humor And Finally…  “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.”(Martin Luther King Jr.)   Sign up now for a 1-year subscription to Preaching Magazine. That’s … Continue reading “PreachingNOW Vol. 7, No. 31”