Monthly Archives: January 2008
Some Sermons Need More Time
Another Stowell comment that I appreciated last week as I drove in the middle of the night down that deserted highway called the M1. “A sermon prepared in the mind of the preacher only reaches the mind of the listeners. … Continue reading
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The Sweetest Agony
Somebody said that preaching is the sweetest agony. It is sweet when lives are changed. And it is agony all the rest of the time! There is nothing as rewarding as seeing lives changed. Sometimes from a one-off sermon. Typically … Continue reading
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Good Thing It’s a God Thing!
Preaching is hard work. Perhaps it’s a unique kind of hard work. The emotional, spiritual, mental and physical expenditure can be significant. The time put in preparing and praying adds up. Some listeners may not realize it, but most preachers … Continue reading
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Struggling to Focus? Motivating Earthen Vessels – Part 2
In the first part of this post we thought about the reality of almost constant discouragement in ministry. One part of our response to these things must be to look to God and press on. But then there is another … Continue reading
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Motivating Earthen Vessels
If you have been involved in ministry for more than a few weeks, you’ve probably noticed that discouragements come with the territory. Of course, there are times when all is great, the mountain-top times. But discouragement will keep biting at … Continue reading
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Have Times Changed?
Times have changed. The New Testament was written in a time when the primary form of public entertainment, at least in the Greek context, was the oratory of the travelling rhetoricians. Today we live in a time of complex and … Continue reading
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It’s Hard Enough Already
Some readers preach every week, perhaps multiple times each week. Others only preach periodically. Perhaps this post is more for the less frequent preachers, but it could apply to all. Simple idea today – when you have the choice of … Continue reading
