Author: Administrador

From the Editor: Moving Toward Home Articles: Why Preaching Is Essential Pastors Can’t Do it All Illustrations: Stewardship, Treasure Sin, Temptation Shock, Surprise Link of the Week Preacher’s Bookshelf Humor And Finally…  “It is only the fear of God that can deliver us from the fear of man.”(John Witherspoon)   Sign up now for a … Continue reading “PreachingNOW Vol. 8, No. 7”

This sermon was delivered on Ash Wednesday. The Psalmist, David, wrote, in one of the several imprecatory Psalms these words: “Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate Thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against Thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies” (Psalms 139:21-22).These … Continue reading “Perfect Hatred: A Response to Those Not on My Side (or God’s for that matter)”

?James Emery White is the founding pastor of Mecklenburg Community Church in Charlotte, N.C., one of the nation’s fastest-growing congregations. Author of several books and former president of Gordon-Conwell Seminary, Jim is also one of the newest members of the Preaching Board of Contributing Editors. He recently visited with executive editor Michael Duduit. ?Preaching: Jim, … Continue reading “Preaching in Serious Times: Interview with James Emery White”

??Preachers are communicators of ideas and, as much as we are devoted to the biblical text and are thus first and foremost students of the Scriptures, preachers are also avid readers of other material that will help us to be better thinkers, more knowledgeable teachers and more perceptive leaders. To that end, preachers are among … Continue reading “2009 Preaching Survey of the Year’s Best Books for Preachers”

?During the waning days of The Great War (1914-1918), David Lloyd George remarked, “when the chariot of humanity gets stuck, nothing will lift it out of the mud better than great preaching that goes to the heart.” As a young boy in Wales, he had grown up in a family that included several preachers; so … Continue reading “Preaching When Times Are Tight”

?If the number of books on a subject are any indication, then preaching must be alive and well in America.The past year has been a good one for books on preaching, with excellent volumes published dealing with a variety of issues relating to the proclamation of God’s Word. Our Book of the Year (see below) … Continue reading “2008 Produced an Array of Helpful Volumes on Preaching”

?Why would someone spend two or three times the price of an average television in order to have a high-definition, wide-screen set? Salesmen point to the superior picture accomplished by 1,080 lines of transmission rather than the typical 525, resulting in greater detail and better resolution. Buyers simply like the vividness of the picture they … Continue reading “Preaching in High Definition”

?The recent presidential election served to remind us on a number of occasions that even in what is sometimes called “post-Christian America,” a pastor’s role can be a very influential one. The importance of pastors and preachers and their effect on people in powerful places is nothing new. Stories abound of how, after the death … Continue reading “The Grace of Affliction!”

?Pastor Larry had been reading all the news stories about the economic recession and the enormous fiscal stimulus bills moving through Congress. He was particularly intrigued to learn that mayors and governors across America had been showering their congressmen with laundry lists of projects they’d like funded, such as seafood museums and bridges over other … Continue reading “Give Us This Day Our Daily Stimulus Payment”

Q: Since your diving accident at age 17, you’ve been confined to a wheelchair as a quadriplegic. How do you view the last four decades? A: What I have endured in my wheelchair for over 40 years was time well spent. And (I’m taking a deep breath here) all of the indignities, heartbreaking limitations, crushed … Continue reading “Q&A with Joni Eareckson Tada”