The Gospel and busyness
How do you help people with busyness from Scripture without preaching a therapeutic, self-help message? Tim Chester gives us an example of how to do this:
For most us, our busyness is self-induced…
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Preaching Christ at Christmas
(photo from Subversive Influence)
Last year I heard a Christmas sermon on CD based on Luke 1. The story highlighted the stress Mary and Joseph faced in their relationship as they reacted to
The basis of God-centered preaching
There are many reasons why preachers don't preach God-centered messages. One of the reasons, though, has to do with the fear that preaching about God will be irrelevant to people'
John Stott’s prayer
A prayer from John Stott's book Your Mind Matters:
I pray earnestly that God will raise up today a new generation of Christian apologists or Christian communicators, who will combine an
Preaching in a culture of therapy
From Gospel-Driven Blog:
The common sentiment among many Christian circles today is,
“Don’t preach doctrine. Rather, give us something practical that is relevant to our daily life. Encourage us to live holy