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Great Sermons

I love to hear a great sermon.  Yes, in part, because I’ve been trained in preaching so I appreciate it as an art.  But even more so because you hear the heart of God in a unique way. A great sermon is… God’s Truth flowing through a human vessel that’s been changed by that Truth. God’s Wisdom that has been unearthed through hours of digging into The Word. God’s Heart that flows, not from an…Continue Reading

The Preaching Preparation Process

I was hanging out with a couple of pastors recently talking about the preaching process.  I was trained in a specific process when I was in seminary but over the years it has morphed into my own approaoch.  Whenever I have to teach or preach here are the series of questions I work through as I look at a passage: What does the text mean? What did it mean to the original readers? What was God’s intent in inspiring these particular words and…Continue Reading