15 Ways to Improve Your Preaching or Teaching
I’m leery of telling others how to improve their preaching or teaching. Nevertheless, here are 15 ways (some that are perhaps surprising) to improve your communicating the gospel.
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06/20/15 Living in the Light of Death
READING: Ecclesiastes 7-12 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: In Ecclesiastes 9:2-3, the writer recognizes that all people face one fate: death. The righteous or the wicked, the good…
Read More06/19/15 The Value of Companions
READING: Ecclesiastes 1-6 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: As one who tends to be a loner, I need to hear these words from the book of Ecclesiastes today: Ecc. 4:9-12 Two…
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Pride, Discouragement, and Ministry
Pride and discouragement are two great enemies of ministry. For many of us, we are often battling one or the other.
Read More06/18/15 The Rebuke of a Friend
READING: Proverbs 27-29 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: I am reminded through the reading today that we do not live in isolation as believers. The writer of Proverbs,…
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Remembering My Dad
This weekend, we’re honoring fathers. Today, I remember my dad.
Read More06/17/15 Avoiding Gossip
READING: Proverbs 25-26 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: These chapters of Proverbs, like so many others, cover multiple issues. Because I live in a ministry world where speech…
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An Invitation to Bible Study
Bible study encourages and challenges our hearts to pursue God alone. Here is how I am doing it this year.
Read More06/16/15 The Wonder of Prayer
READING: 1 Kings 9; 2 Chronicles 8 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: These chapters speak of Solomon’s building endeavors in his kingdom. Included in 1 Kings 9, though,…
Read More06/15/15 Singing His Praises
READING: Psalm 134, 146-150 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: All of these psalms are praise songs. They are simple — filled with reasons to praise Him, to “lift up [our] hands…
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