Happy birthday, Josiah

This photo is a blast from our past, from the summer of 1999. Love Christina’s expression. We all need to be careful, because if you’re not paying attention – if you blink

A God-Centered Approach to Preaching

So far this week, we've looked at some human-centered approaches to preaching. It's time now to look at a God-centered approach. A God-centered approach to preaching is based on

Submit to death

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” C.S. Lewis on dying to ourselves: Your real, new self (which is Christ's and also yours, and yours just because it

Allegorical preaching

Previously covered human-centered approaches to preaching: therapeutic preaching and moralism A third human-centered approach is allegorical preaching. Surprisingly, allegorical preaching is widespread. For example, preachers use the story of Jesus calming the storm