You Need To Take Care of Yourself
We have been looking at how to preach in a pandemic in these posts. This is the eleventh post in this series, and here is the link to the first in case you want to catch up. In this essay we are going…
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God Does Not Over Promise and Under Deliver
People in a pandemic may experience a testing of their faith. They need to know that God does not over promise
and under deliver to us. That's the theme of this post, one in a series on…
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Love Wins The Day
One of the big lessons we can learn from church history in regard to preaching during a pandemic is simply this: love wins the day as we care about other people. We've been looking at how to preach during a pandemic in these…
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He Will Hold Me Fast
He will hold me fast is the title of an old hymn, copyrighted in 1906 by Charles Alexander, music director for
Evangelist R.A. Torrey. The music was composed by Robert Harkness, a pianist who took words provided…
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Proclaiming Hope for Hopeless People
We have been looking at how to preach in a pandemic. Here's the first in the series of posts. In this post we will consider that proclaiming hope for hopeless people as they face the trauma of this time…
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A Crisis of Faith
One of the people I came to appreciate in my life is named Brennan Manning. His best-known book is Ragamuffin Gospel, in which he makes the point that we all appear as ragamuffins before God. In other words, we are…
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If God Loves Me Why?
If God loves me why can’t I get my locker open? That’s the title of a book that was published many years ago, but the title has stuck with me. It brings up the practical and repeating question of Why? When things…
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A Theology of Suffering
I'm continuing a series of posts on how to preach in a pandemic. The first of these posts is here. During World War II all of Europe went through great suffering as a result of the war. Christians found that…
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When It Seems That God Doesn't Care
In the last post we saw that people need a sense of security, that God is in control, during a pandemic. But what about when it seems that God doesn't care about my pain? Beyond security, however, people…
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The Need for Security in a Pandemic
In the last post we began looking at how to preach in a pandemic. Today we look at this fact: there is a need for security in a pandemic for most people. Let me explain.
Why Conservative Churches Are…
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You Need To Take Care of Yourself
preaching in a pandemicGod Does Not Over Promise and Under Deliver
preaching in a pandemicLove Wins The Day
preaching in a pandemicHe Will Hold Me Fast
preaching in a pandemicProclaiming Hope for Hopeless People
Top Preaching TipsA Crisis of Faith
preaching in a pandemicIf God Loves Me, Why
preaching in a pandemicA Theology of Suffering
preaching in a pandemicWhen It Seems God Doesn't Care
preaching in a pandemicThe Need for Security in a Pandemic
preaching in a pandemic