I’ve had a leisurely morning in my hotel room in Tampa, and since I’m getting ready to preach through the book of Daniel I decided to read the book in one sitting. It took just over 28 minutes – less time than watching a half-hour TV program. By reading the entire book at once, I […]
Preaching Tips and Ministry Issues
Why I Believe in Expositional Preaching
Why expositional preaching? Our job as preachers is to instill the logic of God in the minds of His people. His logic unfolds as the verses of the Bible uncoil. He gives His truth one paragraph at a time, and as we study the threads of thought linking the sentences of Scripture, we are, in […]
Mobile Memory
One’s mobile phone can be an enormous help in Scripture memory. I put my memory passages onto Evernote and carry them with me wherever I go. It’s the modern equivalent of the old Navigator verse packs, bless them. There are also Scripture memory apps. But the best tool of all, as far as I’m concerned, […]
Wedding Renewal Vows
Recently a couple asked if I would help them to renew their marital vows on their anniversary. It was a sweet and simple few minutes in my office with another couple as witnesses. Because pastors sometimes need resources for occasions like this, I thought I’d take the liberty of posting the vows I wrote for […]