Research on Communication

"Great Sermon, Pastor, I Didn't Understand a Word!"

J. Scott Armstrong, associate professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvania, ...

Audience Insensitivity

To speak about global issues to inner-city people with their problems and never speak to their issues is to fail them.

Bridge-Building

Preaching is essentially a bridge-building exercise. It is the exacting task of relating God's Word to our world with an equal degree of faithfulness ...

Acid Test for a Sermon

Here is an acid test for a sermon: Will it hold up if you change the setting from a public to a person-to-person situation? Take away the pulpit, the ...

Gentle Criticism

When you find it necessary to criticize another's work, these words by John Wanamaker should prove valuable: "Whatever you have to say to people ...

The Book of Jokes

The pastor's prayer: "And, Father, I ask thee now for a good text to accompany this fantastic joke."

Technology: Not So "User Friendly"

The first great communications revolution followed the invention of the printing press. The first thing they printed was the Bible. The second communications ...

Are We Talking Problems or Solutions?

The following story shows how the difference between men's and women's communication styles can lead to misunderstanding in marriage:

Eve had a ...

Leader's Prayer

Lord, fill my mouth with worthwhile stuff, And nudge me when I've said enough.