christianity

If you can tell a good story that fits your text or introduces your topic, people will be anxious to hear more.

As rational animals, human beings naturally desire to know the truth about reality. As Aristotle puts it at the beginning of The Metaphysics, “All men by nature desire to know.”

Remember that illustrations are a tool for exposition, not a substitute for sound explanation. A preacher who constructs sermons to serve illustration rather than solid biblical exposition inevitably drifts from pulpit to stage, from pastor to showman.

But, though many biblical passages specifically mention Christ’s person and work, many more do not. What other alternatives may preachers pursue to stay Christ-centered in their preaching?

Competing like a beast will win you the respect of the outsiders watching you. But practicing like a beast will win you the respect of your teammates and coaches.

I have found that the pace of the pen and the heart move well together. They seem to operate in third gear while the rest of my life is determined to lock into fifth. That fifth gear life is one of the great enemies of intimacy. Most men try to fit God into their lives rather than fit their lives into God. It doesn’t work. Think about it. Which is

When speaking to your son about his thought life, as with all the topics in The Talk, emphasize the good, positive aspects of maintaining a pure thought life and the godly fruit that will result. I like Philippians 4:8 because it presents this concept in the light of God's glory. "Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whateve

Think of the Spiritual Disciplines as ways by which we can spiritually place ourselves in the path of God’s grace and seek Him, much like Zacchaeus placed himself physically in Jesus’ path and sought Him.

I will demonstrate that a major cause of our current cultural crisis consists of a worldview shift from a Judeo-Christian understanding of reality to a post-Christian one. Moreover, this shift itself expresses a growing anti-intellectualism in the church, resulting in the marginalization of Christianity in society — its lack of saltiness, if you wi