Preach the Word: The Need for Bold, Convicting Preaching
Preach the Word … The focus of modern preaching. In many local churches today, the preaching mainly emphasizes what’s positive, encouraging and inspiring. Heart-warming messages are the order of the day. Helping people deal with their felt needs is part of the regular Sunday diet. And enticing seekers to come and hear next week’s message […]
Create a Banquet: Preaching the Word for Spiritual Nourishment
Preaching the Word for spiritual nourishment … Create a banquet. Writing experts say half the struggle is getting people to read your writing. They also say that a good title is everything. This may be true. When I saw The Hottest Thing at Church is Not Your Pastor or Worship Leader, the title of a Christianity […]
Preaching the Word
The call to preach. I’ll never forget Warren Wiersbe’s intensity as he gripped my hand, stared at me through large horn-rimmed glasses, and said, “Lawson, preach the Word!” When a veteran pastor, teacher, writer, and theologian clearly and compellingly counsels a course of action, one does what one’s told to do! Even more so when […]