Please Give Me Exposition, Part 2

  “Preaching in our time is in a dither,” as David Larson wrote in The […]

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Please Give Me Exposition

  On one of the first Sundays of my first pastorate in 1977, I announced […]

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Second Thoughts — What I Might Have Done Differently

  Adult-Only Worship? Over my years of pastoral work, there are several things I might […]

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James 5:14: Should We Anoint the Sick With Oil?

  Should Christians Be Anointed with Oil for Healing? James 5:14: Eight Things to Consider Many […]

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How To Build a Great Church

A Study of Acts 19 In Acts 19, Paul traveled to the great city of […]

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Discouragement Isn’t Just Discouraged… It’s Disallowed!

I’ve been preparing for the missionary commissioning service for Doug and Mariam Bishop, who are […]

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Read Through A Whole Book of the Bible in One Sitting

I’ve had a leisurely morning in my hotel room in Tampa, and since I’m getting […]

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Why I Believe in Expositional Preaching

Why expositional preaching? Our job as preachers is to instill the logic of God in […]

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Mobile Memory

One’s mobile phone can be an enormous help in Scripture memory. I put my memory […]

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Wedding Renewal Vows

Recently a couple asked if I would help them to renew their marital vows on […]

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Beyond Success Literature

A generation ago there were a lot of door-to-door salesmen who represented great companies and […]

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Is Age-Based Ministry Unbiblical?

Recently a group of pastors and former youth ministers issued a statement that aged-graded ministries […]

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