Pastor, Don’t Be Stupid!

Posted by on 5.8.12 in Pastors, Preaching, Sermons

A few days ago I received a message alerting me that a certain pastor (whom I do not know) has been preaching my sermons word for word on Sunday morning. And he does so without attribution.To make matters worse, he posts the audio files online.Let me start by saying that I am a friend and supporter of preachers everywhere. I post my sermons precise…

Continue reading »

Five Reasons to Preach the Whole Book of Daniel

Posted by on 11.18.11 in Bible Study, Pastors, Preaching, Sermons

This morning I finish teaching the book of Daniel to the students at Word of Life Bible Institute in Hudson, Florida. Since this is my fourth year to teach this one-week course, I’ve gotten a bit of rhythm in my teaching. Each year we start off strong with the story of Daniel and his friends courteously but firmly refusing to eat the food at …

Continue reading »

25 Sermons for Thanksgiving

Posted by on 11.5.11 in Preaching, Sermons, Thanksgiving, Theology

Thanksgiving is a profoundly Christian holiday in that it focuses us on the God as the true source of all our blessings. As the hymnwriter said, “All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all.” Here are 21 sermons appropriate for Thanksgiving. You are welco…

Continue reading »

Day 3: Young Nak Presbyterian Church

Posted by on 10.23.11 in China, Churches, Keep Believing Ministries, Sermons, Travel, Video, Word of Life

Here’s the video from Day 3 of our Korea-China trip featuring our visit to the Jeju Young Nak Presbyterian Church….

Continue reading »

Three Days at Mt. Sinai

Posted by on 9.23.11 in Churches, Personal, Preaching, Sermons, Travel

A few years ago–about eight years ago, I suppose–I received an email out of the blue from a man named H. B. Charles, Jr. who wrote to ask me a question about something I had written about preaching. I didn’t know him or the church he pastored, Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. Through an email correspondence we b…

Continue reading »

J. C. Ryle’s “Expository Thoughts” Now Available in Ebook Format

Posted by on 9.20.11 in Bible Study Resources, Books, Ebooks, Preaching, Sermons

For many years I’ve turned to J. C. Ryle’s Expository Thoughts on the Gospels when I wanted to study a text from the gospels. Ryle, an evangelical Anglican who served in the late 1800s in Great Britain, had an uncanny ability to get to the heart of each passage. More than that, he knew how to find the “preachable truths&…

Continue reading »

On My Way to LA

Posted by on 9.19.11 in Keep Believing Ministries, Pastors, Preaching, Sermons, Travel

Today I’m flying to Los Angeles to take part in the Fall Church Institute at Mt Sinai Missionary Baptist Church. When I received this invitation a few months ago from Pastor George Hurtt, I was glad to accept because he asked me to speak on one of my favorite topics–expository preaching. I’ll be leading a workshop on preachin…

Continue reading »

iPad Preacher

Posted by on 7.15.11 in Preaching, Sermons

Sometimes you’ve got to change with the times.For the last two days I’ve been trying to figure out how to put my sermon notes on my iPad. I was greatly prodded in this direction by my friend Greg Kuehn, pastor of Sierra Bible Church, who told me how much I would like it. He uses an app called DocsToGo that let’s him import his not…

Continue reading »

Looking for Sermon Tapes from Northeast Bible Church, ca. 1983-1988

Posted by on 5.5.11 in Podcasts, Sermons

We’re looking for sermon tapes from Northeast Bible Church, Garland, Texas, from 1983-1988. Those were the years I served as pastor of that congregation.Back then cassette tapes were pretty exciting because no one had heard of the Internet, the iPhone, podcasting, YouTube, and all the other technological marvels that we take for granted. …

Continue reading »

50 Good Friday/Easter Sermons

Posted by on 4.23.11 in Good Friday-Easter, Sermons

We have put together an online collection of 50 Good Friday/Easter sermons. Feel free to use this material in any way that may be helpful to you, including sermon preparation or in Bible studies, or simply for your own blessing as we prepare our hearts for Holy Week….

Continue reading »

1 6 7 8 9 10 28