Titanic's Last Hero

John Harper was born into a Christian family May 29, 1872. He became a Christian 13 years later and had already started preaching by age 17. He received ...

Bold Witness

ChristianityToday.com writes:

At Upper Arlington High School in the Columbus, Ohio, suburb, students (and some teachers, before they were told not to) ...

Preparing for Judgment

On March 26, 2000, Seattle's famed Kingdome—home of the Seattle Seahawks, Mariners, and at times, the Super Sonics—was destroyed. Maryland-based ...

Steinbeck Hears Sermon on Hell

John Steinbeck, in Travels with Charley: In Search of America, writes his thoughts on a sermon he heard while attending a church in New England:

It had ...

The Root of Clarity

They that cannot speak clearly, seldom clearly understand what to speak.

Pastors Who Cannot Preach

There are pastors who cannot preach, but I think a "preacher" who cannot preach is like a clock that doesn't run. It's called a clock, ...

The Bitter End

Getting antsy during a day-long church seminar, a friend of mine leaned over to the man seated next to him and whispered, "Are you going to stay to the ...

A Sermon Needs a Theme

No sermon is ready for preaching until we can express its theme in a short, pregnant sentence. I find getting that sentence the hardest, the most exacting, ...

When Pastors Don't Connect

For 25 years, part of my pastoral ministry has been to hold services in a nursing home. One of the "regulars" has her television remote control attached ...

Disruptive Preaching

A meaningful thought on the heart of the pastor from my home church would often be unintentionally demolished as it passed through his lips. The conscience, ...