Preachers should take more satisfaction from their sermons being a means of change in people’s lives rather than people simply being able to remember their detail. Now this shouldn’t be se… more →
mgpcpastor's blogwrote 9 hours ago: Dangerous assumptions lurk below the surface of our preaching preparation, always ready to undermine … more →
wrote 20 hours ago: Forgiveness is the most powerful story we can tell. But in order to live that story well – to … more →
wrote 1 day ago: The assumption that Christianity is all about me has many variations. Whatever version we propound, … more →
wrote 2 days ago: Good preachers will preach the passage they claim to be preaching. Even in a topical message with s … more →
wrote 2 days ago: Today was a tear-filled day as I announced my resignation to Karlstad Assembly of God effective the … more →
wrote 2 days ago: Quick: what was the most ridiculous sermon you ever heard? The greatest lesson I learned from my hom … more →
wrote 5 days ago: The epistles don’t assume full awareness of God and the gospel and proceed quickly into practi … more →
wrote 6 days ago: In the New Testament, the gospel is never given “in a vacuum.” That is to say, we don … more →
wrote 6 days ago: Lately I’ve been thinking about sermons and preaching. The sermon is an important part of a ch … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Yesterday we pointed out that God is not boring and the Bible is not boring. So why is some preachi … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Planning Your Preaching! One of the things that I often get asked is “how can I preach better?” or “ … more →
wrote 1 week ago: It does not matter how true the truth you present from the pulpit, if you bore people with it, then … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Last time we looked at the importance of seeing all of a text in its context, rather than plucking o … more →
wrote 1 week ago: In our natural desire to make our preaching applicable and relevant, we may be tempted to simply har … more →
wrote 1 week ago: I had the wonderful privilege of taking Jim Singleton’s Pastoral Ministry course this semester … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: We live in a society driven by justice and vengeance rather than forgiveness. A forgiveness-free soc … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Here are three things I loved about Rob Bell’s latest, What We Talk About When We Talk About G … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: How far would God go to draw back incurved hearts without force? The unfathomable wonder of the inca … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Preachers should take more satisfaction from their sermons being a means of change in people’s … more →