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 and Teaching the Bible
Preaching and teaching the Bible … I love to read, study, teach, and preach the Word. But looking back on more than forty years of ministry, I realize I could have done more to help others develop confidence in the Word, build a community focused on the Word, and encourage conversations about the Word. So […]
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 […]