Osteen
Monday, October 15th, 2007I was able to catch this segment on 60 minutes last night featuring Joel Osteen. Wow. Just Wow.
Archive for the ‘Preaching’ Category
I was able to catch this segment on 60 minutes last night featuring Joel Osteen. Wow. Just Wow.
Confession
Sunday, October 14th, 2007I'm excessively hard on preachers. I nit-pick and can be extremely unkind in my analysis of others. Volunteer preachers, not so much. But paid guys I can be merciless. I repent of that. But I still hold to the notion that to preach well you must be theologically responsible.
When Sermon Illustrations Go Bad
Thursday, August 16th, 2007As a preacher I rely heavily on the use of illustrations. I believe strongly in the power of story to make and emphasize a point. One of my Master's papers was on the power of illustration. Because of my reliance on story as a preaching tool I tend to ...
My Latest Podcast: Pentecost
Sunday, May 27th, 2007Today's sermon was from Acts 2. You can access it here. Older sermons are in the player below. Click here to get your own player.
It Is Finished
Monday, May 21st, 2007In September 2005 I began an ambitious teaching and preaching curriculum. My goal was to preach and teach through the entire bible taking one week for each individual book. The congregation would be encouraged to read a book each week beginning in Genesis and working all the way ...
The Devaluation of Preachers
Monday, May 14th, 2007I preach. It's what I do. I'm "gifted" at it, I believe. It's one of those jobs, however, where most people think they can do it a lot better than the person getting paid for it. I'm doing a good job whenever I say something that people would ...
Top 10 Tuesday: Phrases That Should Be Eliminated
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007(Subtitled: Where I Get Myself in a Good Amount of Trouble) One good thing about job security is that I don't have to go through the rigmarole of interviewing for a ministry job. I've done way too many of those and would prefer to never have to do it again. For ...
The Cycle Repeats
Monday, March 5th, 2007There are days this just seems to much. Sunday is over and all the preparation that I have invested in the subject of the day is placed behind me and I have to start all over. Monday morning I walk into my office a complete blank slate. I don't ...
Is It Just Me?
Thursday, February 15th, 2007I have a strange question. I have an incredible abhorrence of self-promotion or being in any way presumptuous. I won't go to anyone's home uninvited. I can't make myself home at anyone's home other than mine or my parents. I tend to avoid any in-depth discussions on other people's blogs unless ...
What Do You Want In A Preacher?
Monday, February 12th, 2007I usually don't get nervous before I preach. That's reserved for Saturday and for an annoying ritual I usually have to through when I wake up on Sunday morning. But that's another story. Yesterday, however, I was nervous. Maybe is was because of me proclaiming MLK as a ...
