Vulnerability vs. Spiritual Exhibitionism

On the one hand, no minister can keep his own experience of life hidden from those he wants to help. Nor should he want to keep it hidden. While a doctor ...

Dedication of the Circuit Riders

Experience taught circuit riders that "Christians enjoy those meetings most which cost them the greatest sacrifice." A fifty-mile journey was ...

Wesley's Diligence

During his ministry John Wesley rode over 250,000 miles on horseback, a distance equal to ten circuits of the globe along the equator. He preached over ...

Walking Sermon

As our pastor's sermon stretched on, my daughter grew impatient and started to talk.

"Shh," I whispered. "I want to hear the sermon." ...

Sermons Should Direct

What a shame for people to leave church services unaware of what they are to do or to stop doing.

Full Souls, Better Preaching

The more full our souls, the more we can preach without running dry.

Armed with Scripture

A simple layman armed with Scripture is to be believed above a pope or a cardinal without it.

Fear of a Boring Sermon

I fear preaching in such a way that when people hear about God, they'll want only to yawn.

Speak with Humility

Always speak as one who learns and not as one who knows.

Watch Your Witness

More people have been brought into the church by the kindness of real Christian love than by all the theological arguments in the world, and more people ...