“God opened that door for ya, ain’t that right?” “God picked you up, ain’t that right?” “God turned you round, ain’t that right?” “Somebody knows bout a God who can make a way out of no way…” Perhaps you have heard a
Month: August 2015
“Hey Doc, I got a sermon, can you help me find a text so that I can preach it?” A young preacher asked me through email. He was so excited. He immediately began to talk about his points. He had three of
Some folks judge the effectiveness of their sermons by how many people are shouting or running down the isle. Now, there should be an emotional response to our sermons, but if your people only remember they were happy and don’t remember what
“I am tired, I just need some time off.” A preacher said to me on a Facebook IM. I asked him, so why don’t you take a day off?” He frowned. Then he asked me, “What do you mean?” I laughed and
It has happened to all of us. We get into the pulpit with a little more confidence than we aught to have and begin to preach. We stand up like we always do and we begin to preach. However, the people don’t
I had to work very late. It was 1:30am. Yep, 1:30 am. For a guy in his mid-40s, that meant two things. I was going to be sleep walking that day. and I I had to work till 1:30am. First, it meant