Articles
I’ve written about 50 articles for Preaching Today, Leadership Journal, and CT Pastors. Below are a few of my favorites. If you’d like to browse all my articles at their website, click the button below.
Sign Language
Disciples fail when we don’t see meanings. The manger was a sign to be interpreted. When Jesus turned water to wine at a wedding, that ...
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Interventionists
The Holy Spirit regularly dispatches pastors to a counseling session, a panicky phone call, a hospital visit, or whispered worry in the church foyer. We ...
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Head Waiter
For the good of his flock, God schools his pastors in the rigors of waiting. That standard image of a shepherd standing patiently, staff in ...
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Mirrors, Windows, and Pictures
How to use sermon illustrations I remember an older woman in our church whose husband wanted nothing to do with Christ or his church. (He ...
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Oil and Prayer
The best gifts pastors get don’t come under the Christmas tree or during Pastor Appreciation Month. These came with oil and prayer.
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The Unexpected Prayer
I was sitting in the back row of the choir that Friday evening. I’d been in the back row, so to speak, throughout most of ...
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