In the 1870s a British artist named George Tinworth produced a terra cotta rendering of the moment when Pilate releases Barabbas and orders Jesus sent off to be crucified. The differences between Jesus and Barabbas are quite pronounced. Though it is hard to see it clearly in this picture, Tinworth inscribed the words “The World’s Choice…
Call it Video 2.0.A year ago we launched our first-ever video page on the KBM website. Since then we’ve been adding sermons, FAQs, a new feature called “sermon briefs,” sermon illustrations, and travel videos from our trips to Africa and China. As the video page has grown in content, it has also grown in popularity.Today we take a…
Over the weekend twenty-three people met at the Olford Center in Memphis, TN for our first-ever KBM “Dream Team” Retreat. Although our board has met before for weekend get-togethers, this was the first time our board plus staff plus ministry volunteers have come together. It was a grand success in every way. Twenty-th…
Thanks for listening to the interview on Today’s Issues. We would love for you to have a free copy of the ebook version of In the Shadow of the Cross. We make it available in Kindle, Nook, and PDF formats.You’ll need to go to the ebook download page. If for some reason you don’t see the image at the top of this blog entry, hit the…
Last Saturday afternoon I arrived in Campbellsville, Kentucky to preach at a short revival meeting for Pastor Fred Miller and the good folks at Mt. Gilboa Baptist Church. It was an unusual event for me since I hardly ever speak at a revival meeting. I suppose I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve done that over the years. If you ar…
I just received a copy of a brand-new history of Moody Bible Institute written for their 125th anniversary called The MBI Story. On pages 203-204 author James Vincent mentions that four of the top eight all-time bestsellers from Moody Publishers have been released in the last 25 years. Coming in at number 8 is An Anchor for the Soul. I had no idea …
In one of his books Warren Wiersbe quotes a famous preacher who said, “Great sermons are a bother.” He meant something like this. In the ministry we’re tempted to try and solve our problems by preaching one “great” sermon. Of course no one knows exactly what a “great” sermon is. I suppose in this context it…
This morning we wrapped up the John 17 conference in Rochester, New York. Church leaders from all over the region gathered for three days of fellowship and biblical teaching. Pastor Ray Viola of Koinonia Fellowship was on a missions trip to India two years ago when after preaching on Jesus’ prayer in John 17, especially the prayer that &ldquo…
I have some big news. We are releasing our first-ever ebook. My book “In the Shadow of the Cross: The Deeper Meaning of Calvary” is now available as an ebook. It is now available in both Kindle and Nook formats. We have also added a PDF version.Here’s the back story. About ten years Broadman & Holman published “In the Sh…
A question came recently from a young friend who has been invited to preach in a few weeks. He’ll be filling in for the pastor who is away that Sunday. It’s a small congregation, and he doesn’t know the people or much of anything about the church. Did I have any suggestions about how to choose a sermon?There are two ways to go her…