Timeless wisdom for pastors with forward-thinking solutions.
From the Dugout to the Pulpit
What preachers can learn from the MLB about adapting to modern audiences.
Crafting the Sermon Together
Engaging your audience in sermon preparation through sermon focus groups.
Episode 58 | 26 min
Does Your Sermon Equip People for Their Vocation?
Are you preaching with Monday through Saturday impact?
Preaching as Fussing
Pay attention to the details of the text and the details of your people.
Preaching Lament at Christmas
Good news of great joy did not remove God’s people from the fallen world.
The Big Idea: Exegete Your Culture and the Text
How Preachers can Exegete Their Culture: An Interview with Dr. Matthew Kim
The Big Idea: Engage People with Organic Illustrations
How much of your life should come out in your sermon?
What “I’m Not Being Fed” Really Means
You’re convinced that your sermons provide a nourishing spiritual meal. How could anyone claim otherwise?
The Surprise in Every Text
If you haven’t found the unexpected, you haven’t fully understood the text.
Preacher as Advocate
What it means to identify with your hearers
That by All Means I Might Win Some
On faithfulness and flexibility in gospel proclamation. To what degree should we adapt to the beliefs and practices of the culture of those who do not know Christ in order to reach them for Christ? An exposition of 1 Corinthians 9:19-23
Vanhoozer on How to Interpret Our Culture
A review of the book “Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends”
The Unchanging Grounds of Our Authority
Just who do you think you are telling others what to do, what to believe? In any culture, in any age, we will preach with confidence when we correctly understand where our authority comes from.
Eugene Peterson Discusses His Book “Tell It Slant”
On the importance of paying attention to language