The sermon is a message from God, not an essay, or treatise, or Bible reading. It should be born in prayer, or devotion, or Bible study or in the fire of human experience. This was one of the hardest ...

A local pastor typed the Bible chapter of Philippians 2 into his computer and several topics popped onto the screen — humility, unity, servanthood. The historic Lewis and Clark expedition, ant ...

He says: We have a special choir event, "In Christ Alone." In essence, the choir presentation is the sermon. I will summarize, interpret and offer applications to the scriptural truth that the choir ...

Why does a growing minister preach better in each successive decade of his life? Partly because he keeps preparing every time as well as he can. Next week he strives to do still better. Except in ...

An old adage says that what we get out of something equals the effort we put into it. The saying holds true for many things, including worship. Obviously, those who lead worship — the preacher, lector ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- The Rev. Billy Graham would like to give one more sermon. That, everybody can agree on. But there appeared to be mixed signals coming out of Graham's family this week over whether, ...

In my experience, I have found that all of life is preparation, preparation for what is “coming down the road” in our journey of life and faith. In the church year, there are seasons of preparation — ...