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OK, I’m not about to try to supplant Moses’ Exodus 20 tablets! No one in his right mind would think about doing such a thing, except perhaps Ted Turner, that unparalleled prophet of American cabledom who believed his “Ten Voluntary Initiatives” were a better deal than what God had delivered to Moses. However, I do … Continue reading “Preacher to Preachers: Ten Commandments for Better Preaching”

As a young preacher, I used to think I would have one great sermon. You probably had the same dream. I would write my own “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” and whenever I would preach that sermon, the world would break out in mourning and repentance. Another Great Awakening would come to … Continue reading “Preaching Points: Carving the Channels”

One aspect of the human condition is the desire to emulate those you admire the most. During my college years, I was active in a large international collegiate ministry. From time to time, we brought a speaker to campus to give us a boost in sharing the Christian message. My university was a fast-growing, secular … Continue reading “Messages that Are Remembered”

The odometer on this publication has just turned to volume 30 as we begin the 30th year of publication. The first issue of Preaching was July-August 1985, and it went to about 1,200 charter subscribers, plus about 10,000 feuding Southern Baptists who were in Dallas for their largest gathering to date. If we’d known there … Continue reading “Back Page Pulpit: Light the Candles: We’re Having a Birthday!”

Is there such a thing as divine unction or a special anointing of the Spirit when it comes to preaching? Not according to Richard Bargas in his carefully researched paper “The Holy Spirit in the Pulpit,” delivered at the 2013 annual meeting of the Evangelical Homiletics Society. Bargas neither denies the Holy Spirit gives the … Continue reading “Preaching in the Flow: What’s Really Happening When We Preach with Unction”

Hugh Hewitt is host of the nationally syndicated radio show “The Hugh Hewitt Show.” He is an attorney, professor of law, author of more than a dozen books and a regular columnist for the Washington Examiner and TownHall.com. His newest book is The Happiest Life: 7 Gifts, 7 Givers and the Secret to Genuine Success, … Continue reading “Why Church Is Essential to a Happy Life: An Interview with Hugh Hewitt”

I had finished preaching a sermon from Matthew 5:21-26 and as usual was speaking to people after the service. I was not ready for one astute member who asked me why his version of the Bible and the one I read from and put up on the screen during the service were different in verse … Continue reading “Why Does Your Bible Read Differently from Mine? The Preacher and Text Criticism”

He is the last pulpit prince. At 96 years old, Gardner C. Taylor has outlived almost all his contemporaries. The closest equivalent is Billy Graham, who (though better known than Taylor) self-identified as an itinerant evangelist. In Taylor’s heyday as senior pastor of Concord Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn, N.Y. (1948-1990), his name was … Continue reading “The Last Pulpit Prince: Gardner C. Taylor”

Tony Evans is one of America’s best-known expository preachers. He’s been a senior pastor for more than 30 years and has seen Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship grow from 10 people in 1976 to more than 8,500 today. He serves as the president of the Urban Alternative and has a daily radio broadcast called “The Alternative … Continue reading “Preaching God’s Names: An Interview with Tony Evans”

It has been fascinating to hear the diverse responses to the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision last week. To hear the reaction of some in the media and politics, you’d think the court had pulled the plug on the rights of America’s women to use contraception. In fact, the court took a small but valuable … Continue reading “Hobby Lobby and an Affirmation Worth Celebrating”