Easter Sunday will be here in a few days. For those who preach each week, the opportunity to proclaim the gospel on Easter is one of the great joys in life. Some churches will hold services for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. Some churches will have family-focused events on Saturday. Worship leaders, musicians, deacons, Bible […]
I recently completed a project for LifeWay Christian Resources: writing the Expository Notes for the 2019 January Bible Study. The materials will lead people through an eight-session study of Revelation 1-3. The first session is
I am currently coming to the end of a sermon series through 1 Timothy. During these months of study, the book has been helpful to bring our church to a deeper urgency and unity around
If you speak often enough, you will eventually say something best left unsaid. Pastors are not immune to this principle. After a recent sermon, as I closed the worship service, I repaired an ill-stated portion
The supreme work of the Christian minister is the work of preaching. This is a day in which one of our great perils is that of doing a thousand little things to the neglect of
When preaching, I often try to measure up the listeners in the room. I want to know if they are engaged, bored, drowsy, or prepared for the time of worship and the Word. More often
