Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 23, “Books and Reading."There are preachers who would be stronger in their ministry if they read fewer books.Books are numerous and cheap and no other working man in the town has so many hours in a wee which can be given to reading as the minister. A par…
If you would like some help in keeping on track with your daily devotions, you may want to check a website called Family Times devoted to helping families read the Bible together. Each day Lou Nicholes offers a short devotional based on a Bible passage. Today’s passage talks about Jesus healing the nobleman’s son in John 4:43-54. You ca…
Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 22, “Thy Speech Betrayeth Thee."The greatest danger to which a young man is subjected in the Seminary, is not, as many timid folks imagine, heretical interpretations of the Scriptures but a style of language which the plain people do not understand.The …
Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 21, “Mannerisms."Mannerisms as a rule are veritable dragons which throwing themselves between the preacher and his hearers must be warred against and slain. Eternal vigilance is the price the man of God must pay for deliverance from this plague of pulp…
Odds and ends, a little of this and a little of that . . . *Just got off the phone with Ernie Schulz who said they just got a ton of new snow in Chicago. Ernie runs our Anchor Book Depot, which means that when we ship boxes of An Anchor for the Soul, Ernie is the one who actually makes the mailing labels, goes to the warehouse where we store the bo…
Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 20, “Meanness.” …
I’m on the radio this morning from 10-11AM CDT on American Family Radio. We’ll be talking with award-winning musician and author Michael Card about his new book A Better Freedom: Finding Life as Slaves of Christ. The book provides a new look at what it really means to call Jesus “Master.” To listen online, go to the AFR m…
Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 19, “Foolishness."Beginning a speech with an apology is a piece of nonsense unprovoked and inexcusable, but if you wish to break a man of that habit he must be caught young. Why squander time in announcing what will become perfectly clear before one si…
Recently I was asked to submit a list of my top ten books of the last decade. I forget how the request was worded, but the upshot was that they wanted me to give them a list of ten influential Christian nonfiction books of the last decade. Well, you can go a lot of different ways with a list like that. Do you want the “best” books …
I just found out (about 10 minutes ago) that I’m on the radio this morning from 10 AM-12 Noon CDT the “Today’s Issues” program on American Family Radio. We’ll start the program by airing the much-discussed Super Bowl ad featuring Tim and Pam Tebow. Later in the program we’ll talk with Tommy Newberry about his new…