Preach Because of the Power of God's Word

Preach Because of the Power of God's Word We are considering reasons to keep preaching in a world where there are many challenges.  In this post we are going to consider that we should preach because of the power of God's Word to change lives. Our…

More Reasons to Preach

More Reasons to Preach In the last post we looked at some of the reasons to preach in light of incredible challenges to preaching that  I delineated in previous posts (starting here).  In this post I want to consider more reasons to preach…

Why Commit to Preaching?

 Why Commit to Preaching? In the past several posts we have looked at many of the challenges to effective preaching these days.   Here is the first in the series.  With all the challenges of expectations, of preaching an absolute truth in…

The Prestige Challenge for Preaching

The Prestige Challenge for Preaching I was on an airplane recently, and had a wide choice of movies to watch to pass the time.  I chose one that seemed to have a redeeming theme, and even promised a kind of "Christian" under theme.  So, I…

The Preacher and Boundaries

The Preacher and Boundaries We are in a series on the challenges of preaching in this time.  In the last post I mentioned the need for good boundaries if you are going to survive the expectations of the people you serve.  So, here we go considering…

The Challenge of Expectations for the Preacher

 The Challenge of Expectations for the Preacher We are in a series of posts considering some of the challenges that preachers face today.  In the last post we considered the challenge of preaching absolute truth in a society that doesn't…