Preach the Word – January/February 2021
Joy and Confidence from the Basics - Part 3 I watch a pastor from three rows behind and a little to the left. He is celebrating 25 years in the ministry. He is listening to ...
Preach the word – November/December 2020
Joy and Confidence from the Basics - Part 2 If there were such a thing as “Paustian’s Famous Home-Cooked Chili,” I imagine creating each new batch by some combination of habit, instinct, and muscle memory. ...
Preach the Word – September/October 2020
Joy and Confidence from the Basics What a thing it is to be someone’s pastor. A young woman lies in her hospital bed lost in a fog of bad news. You walk in the door. ...
Preach the Word – July/August 2020
Volume 23, Number 6 Delivery Matters I can still remember my first real “preaching” opportunity—evening chapel at MLC during my senior year. I triumphantly finished writing my manuscript. It felt so good to be done! ...
Preach the Word – May/June 2020
Volume 23, Number 5 Go Deep As you know by now, I’m a fan of simple preaching. I love Luther’s assessment of a good preacher: “He’s the best preacher who can teach in a plain, ...
Preach the Word – March/April 2020
Volume 23, Number 4 What's the Point? I have a confession to make. I once attended Joel Osteen’s church. Okay, twice. I went twice. My wife and I lived in Houston, TX for a year, ...
Preach the Word – January/February 2020
Volume 23, Number 3 Preaching to the Choir Biblically Illiterate In March 2018, The Wall Street Journal had to issue a correction. The previous day, a journalist had quoted Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as ...
Preach the Word – November/December 2019
Volume 23, Number 2 The Blessing of Knowledge I have a sister and a sister-in-law who are both nurses. I love them both dearly, except when they start to talk together about nursing. Then the ...
Preach the Word – September/October 2019
Volume 23, Number 1 Simple Preaching “Preach to the milkmaids, and the doctors will be edified.” When I first heard that comment by Martin Luther, it instantly became one of my favorites. Let’s preach the ...
Preach the Word – July/August 2019
Volume 22, Number 6 Apologetics in Preaching: You have to Do Something with This Jesus Character God or bad man? This ancient dilemma has faced skeptics for centuries. If Jesus is not true God, then ...