The Gospel Is Not Self-Help
The self-help market is huge. We spend over $10 billion dollars a year on books, audio recordings, seminars, workshops, retreats, coaching, and other self-improvement products. We hope that they will help
It’s a Shame
He’d been coming to church and listening to my sermons. He was trying to make sense of the gospel and its claims. One Sunday, I preached a sermon that got through. I
Hope for Messes (Luke 22:31-42, 54-62)
You’re a mess — but Jesus responds to messes by praying, seeing, forgiving, and restoring.
Saturday Links
Links for your weekend reading:
There Once Was A Farmer
Farming is not for the weak of heart or the soft in spirit.
And as the old farmer works, he asks the Master
When You Feel Like an Ordinary Preacher
I’m the world’s worst critic when it comes to my own preaching. I’m never satisfied, and for good reason: my sermons never do justice to the text. I always find