Category: Church
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GOOD PREACHER PART TWO–A RANT or WHO MOURNS FOR THE JEBUSITES
I am finally finding myself again after the flurry of activity around the holidays. Literally. This week I just found my November (yeah, you read that right, November) copy of Preaching magazine. It is one of my favorites—along with Christianity Today, Biblical Archaeology Review, and National Geographic. I hope to find my January BAR soon. …
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PERSPECTIVES ON A “GOOD PREACHER”
I’m finally catching up on my reading and was flipping through November’s Preaching magazine. There is a quick little article early in this edition titled “What Makes a Preacher ‘Good’” by Ben Mandrell. Mandrell lists six things that make a preacher good. 1. The preacher should give people a bigger picture of God. 2. The…
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COUNTING THE DAYS
Last Sunday I was scheduled to preach on Psalm 90 as a New Year themed sermon. Sadly, I was called away due to the death of my wonderful father-in-law (please keep us in your prayers, he will be greatly missed). Here is a smidgen of that sermon, which will stay safely tucked away until next…
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ADVENT WEEK 4 TRANSLATION
I apologize for the tardiness of this blog. It was supposed to be posted last week, but, alas, many things emerged which prevented that. I will be running silently for the next week or so but I wanted to get these wonderful Advent passages, especially the Magnificat, posted first. John 5:30-37 I am not able…