David

Humor in Preaching?

“Jokes don’t really have a place in sermons. To tell a joke that is obviously set down in a sermon […]

“I must make clear in my preaching that I preach what I have been told to preach. I serve the

Getting to know our neighbors is not always an easy endeavor in today’s society. My good friend Ben Stevens has

“My colleague, Stanley Hauerwas, was recently asked about the moral confusion of contemporary clergy. Hauerwas said something to the effect

“Pastoral care aids preaching by giving the preacher a respect for listeners in their individual struggles. In counseling troubled parishioners,

“Informed imitation, that’s our goal. We don’t listen to the preaching of others so that we can be slavish imitators.

“Unfortunately, we preachers are not always attentive to issues of delivery. Bad habits are often begun in seminary. The professor

“The effective sermon is not simply a report on what the preacher may or may not think. Rather, the engaging

In one of his recent books, William Willimon, offers some sound counsel concerning preaching with the aid of a manuscript

“Use prayer as a boring rod, and wells of living water will leap up from the bowels of the Word….Prayer

“You and I, as preachers, are dealers in words. Words are all that we have to do any important work.

Pastors as you prepare and study to deliver God’s Word to God’s people this coming Lord’s Day, ponder the words