To kick off a 3-week series called “Being Present with God,†I wanted to begin by bringing up the obvious: we spend a lot of time watching a screen. The point of the first sermon, using Psalm 46, ...

Recently, I began a sermon by pointing out that our salvation is not based on our feelings. God’s love for His children is not determined by how we are feeling at the moment. Hallelujah. However, ...

Someone has said that “a sermon without illustrations is like a house without windows.” And that in itself is a good illustration, for the word illustrate is taken from the Latin word illustrare, ...

Not every story helps the preaching moment. Three views. Years ago, my church-going uncle, observing a tiny grandchild struggling to carry a Christmas present almost as big as he was, slyly intoned, ...