7 Tips on Sermon or Lesson Delivery
Yesterday, I posted some general thoughts about sermon delivery based on almost four decades of preaching. Today, here are some practical tips that I’ve found helpful for me.
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Sunday Prayer Challenge
I have spent the last week with many Christians serving overseas. Among the crowd were dozens of little ones growing up cross-culturally. Take time…
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Encouragement for Church Workers for Today
When the spies of Joshua’s day made their way to Jericho, there they found Rahab, who told them the Canaanites had already heard about…
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Preparation for Worship this Weekend
Joshua 3:5 “Joshua told the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves, because the Lord will do wonders among you tomorrow.’” Get your heart ready today for what God might do tomorrow…
Read More07/19/24 Distressed
READING: One-year plan: Esther 5-10, Acts 16:35-17:21 Two-year plan: Joshua 20:1-21:33, Luke 9:28-43 ——– I doubt most believers—beginning with me—get stressed at the reality…
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15 Leaders Who Worry Me
None of us is a perfect leader. I’m certainly not. For that reason, I’m always hesitant to critique leaders. Nevertheless, leadership is so important…
Read More07/18/24 Unusual Happenings
READING: One-year plan: Esther 1-4, Acts 16:1-34 Two-year plan: Joshua 19, Luke 9:10-27 ———- There’s much that challenges me in today’s New Testament reading….
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Thursday Encouragement: Hope
Need some hope today? Listen to these words of J.I. Packer: “New Testament Christianity is a religion of hope, a faith that looks forward….
Read More07/17/24 Beginning and the End
READING: One-year plan: Nehemiah 11-13, Acts 15:6-41 Two-year plan: Joshua 16-18, Luke 9:1-9 ———- Nehemiah began his work in prayer (Neh. 1:4), grieving over…
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10 Things Sleepless Nights Sometimes Teach Me
I wish I could say that I put my head on the pillow and sleep like a baby each night. Sometimes that’s the case,…
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