A few years ago, I repented of my attempts to be cool. At that time, I’d led Good Shepherd to have a “church crush” on a large congregation in the northern part of the US, and so for a season we tried to mimic much of what that church did. And that church was cool. Read the full article…
Seven worship gatherings. Multiple baptisms. One Savior. Here’s what’s ahead: Good Friday Service — 7 p.m. tonight in the Moss Road Worship Center. We’ll sing. We’ll pray. Wayne Hobson will preach. We’ll celebrate the Lord’s Supper on the day that embodies what the body broken for you and blood shed for you is all about. Easter SATURDAY Read the full article…
Not long ago, in the middle of a conversation about how to design sermons, an attorney friend of mine chimed in with the oft-repeated mantra: Tell them what you’re going to tell them. Tell them. Tell them what you told them. We learned that pattern in writing middle school essays. It was reinforced in composing Read the full article…
We preachers often find ourselves in the midst of a quest for sermon outlines. Many of us think if we can just find the right outline, the right scaffolding from which to build the rest of the message, then everything else will fall in place. In fact, as Easter approaches, I remember one resurrection sermon Read the full article…
Well, with Easter Sunday approaching, preaching is on the minds of a lot of us, well, preachers. And through my years in seminary and then full time ministry, a number of books have shaped my understanding of what it means to preach. Namely: what is the purpose of a sermon and how do you design Read the full article…
