Featured Articles Archives

• The Golden Compass: Briefing Your Concerned Congregation  (December 5, 2007)
  Another book/film combo has given Christians a real challenge -- one that will require careful thinking and intellectual engagement, but not fear.
• Simple Ways to Help Hurting Families this Christmas  (December 13, 2005)
  Is someone in your congregation experiencing a difficult Christmas? You can offer comfort and encouragement this season by reaching out with these sweet remembrances.
• What to Say...When You've Said It All  (March 1, 2007)
  How does one approach the final sermons in a church before resignation? After having to deal with this challenge a few times, let me make a few observations.
• Study the Passage: The vital step in preparing powerful sermons  (May 1, 2007)
  The first step in preparing a biblical message is to study the passage...
• Of Gnats And Camels  (November 1, 2006)
  We live in exciting days of evangelistic possibilities. Like never before, people are searching for spiritual answers to meaningful, eternal questions. And though many of these answers are misguided and empty, the spiritual yearning of the human heart ought to remind us that God has wired us for
• Preaching and the Externally-Focused Church: An Interview with Rick Rusaw  (January 1, 2007)
  Rick is the co-author of The Externally Focused Church and 60 Simple Things Every Pastor Should Know, and his newest book is Living a Life on Loan. He was recently interviewed by Preaching editor Michael Duduit.
• Preaching as Dialogue  (January 1, 2007)
  Moving Beyond the "Speaching" of the Word
• Why Preach Biblical Prophecy?  (January 1, 2007)
  Whatever may be our theological system, this is the end of the doctrinal encyclopedia that generally gets scant utterance in the typical evangelical pulpit.
• Let the Spirit Lead Your Church  (November 19, 2007)
  The Holy Spirit has a particular purpose for your congregation. Learn more about The Ministry of the Missional Church.
• Competent to Rule: Qualifications of Church Leadership  (October 3, 2007)
  Good government isn't a given. Not in the state, and not in the church.
• Making Room for Atheism  (October 22, 2007)
  How do we express a passion for God's supremacy in a pluralistic world
• Setting Priorities and Being Productive in Ministry  (November 12, 2007)
  God wants men of integrity and industry who will carry out their tasks with energy, enthusiasm and endurance. To meet those qualifications, a pastor must set priorities.
• Where Does He Get Those Wonderful Sermon Illustrations?  (November 16, 2007)
  "I love to preach and teach, but the hardest part for me is finding just the right story or quote to reinforce what I'm teaching..." If that sounds familiar, click here.
• End Times for Evangelicals  (November 2, 2007)
  A New York Times article places a finger on the pulse of evangelical Christianity regarding the real and growing divide between generations of evangelicals in terms of emphasis, spirit and method.
• The Year's Best Books for Preachers  (July 10, 2007)
  The demise of the book has been predicted for years now – its doom supposedly inevitable after the advent of the digital age. Well, someone forgot to tell the reading public in general, and preachers in particular, that the book is supposedly dead. Among preachers, the book is very much al
• Preaching in a Changing Culture: An Interview with N.T. Wright  (July 12, 2007)
  N.T. Wright was one of the featured speakers at the recent International Congress on Preaching in Cambridge, where he was interviewed by Preaching editor Michael Duduit
• Preaching and the House Church Movement  (September 26, 2007)
  House Church. For pastors, the mere term once conjured up images of angry men and women gathered around a kitchen table, condemning the mis­takes and failures of the traditional church they had left for one reason or another...
• An Interview with Max Lucado: Preaching John 3:16  (November 1, 2007)
  his newest book, 3:16, Lucado explores that great passage we know as John 3:16. He recently visited with Preaching editor Michael Duduit about the sermon series that led to the book, then discussed his own approach to preaching.
• Preaching by Lectionary  (September 14, 2007)
  The heart of preaching is found in the interplay between the preacher coming to God?s Word in Scripture and then bringing people to God?s Word...
• Preaching the Big Idea: An Interview with Dave Ferguson  (July 26, 2007)
  In his book The Big Idea (Zondervan), pastor Dave Ferguson talks about how his church has taken the homiletical concept of a single driving idea for the sermon and extended that across the entire teaching platform of the church. Preaching editor Michael Duduit recently visited with Dave.