Category: Writing
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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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NON SEQUITUR
As a general rule, I like things that have themes to them. However, life is often theme-less. Things happen to us everyday which are not connected and make no sense. That is the way today’s blog is. Below are three hopefully interesting, yet completely unrelated notes on my life since Sunday. 1. Where there…
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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…