Author: Administrador

What do I do now? I have a family to support. Should I stay just because I need a pay check? I don’t feel passionate about this anymore. Where will I work? Who will hire me? Oh, Lord, help me… Have you ever been there—the fear of leaving occupational ministry because of security? The trepidation … Continue reading “What Do I Do Now?”

In an age when much preaching is considered superficial, it’s worth listening to words of Paul Scherer: “It is necessary first of all…to quit covering over the offense of the gospel in an effort to do people good. Nothing can do them good without disturbing them, and nothing will disturb them to any lasting effect unless … Continue reading “Preaching Must Disturb”

Many Christians in the world are familiar with the words of Proverbs 29:18. The Bible tells us here that without vision people perish. Vision was a term prefered by those King James assembled in the 17th century to translate the Bible into English. Those who translated it to the NIV prefered the term revelation. The … Continue reading “When a Nation Has No Prophetic Voice”

Your sermons are dying. I don’t mean that anything is physically wrong with you, the preacher. You’re probably a much better orator than you were five years ago; and I certainly don’t want to take anything away from the eternal, living truth of God’s Word. It is as true and relevant today as it was in the … Continue reading “6 Tips to Make Your Online Sermons More Useful”

(Photo By twak) “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth” (Genesis 11:4). In the well-known account of the Tower of Babel, in Genesis 11:1-9, the people of … Continue reading “Nephilim: Lessons from Babel”

“We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one” (1 John 5:19). The world was created good. The world and all that is in it was created for our enjoyment and pleasure and points us to a good God who loves us and desires our … Continue reading “In the World”

A collective gasp went up into the air in the middle of my sermon. I had committed heresy and my excommunication from the church needed to take place instantly. I had attacked one of the sacred cows of my church, and all those in attendance shuttered as I continued to speak against one of their … Continue reading “Mission-Minded or Self-Serving? A Deeper Look into Church Dinners”

Dallas-based technology start-up Rethink Books announced at the annual Catalyst West conference the release of BookShout!, a revolutionary new reading platform which enables users to engage and interact with each other while reading digital books, allowing friends to read books together, whether nearby or far apart. Developed during the past two years for the Christian market—where small … Continue reading “Rethink Books Announces BookShout! Platform to Make e-Reading Interactive”

In a recent interview with PreachingTodaySermons.com, Haddon Robinson notes, “One thing a thoughtful preacher wants to do is understand the text. You can talk about exegesis, and it can sound cold. Sometimes when people think of exegesis, they think of analyzing words and phrases. But basically what you’re trying to do when you exegete a … Continue reading “Biblical Text Gives Form to Sermon”

During a recent preaching conference at Southern Seminary in Louisville, Ky., Robert Smith (of Beeson Divinity School) said preachers serve as exegetical escorts for their congregations by presenting God’s Word in an understandable way. “The exegetical escort is an individual who serves in the Lord’s service by taking this Word of God and exegeting it, expounding … Continue reading “Preacher Is an ‘Exegetical Escort’”