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He gave some to be teachers

LT reacts to yesterday’s post on preaching by suggesting that preaching isn’t biblical or helpful: I see very few examples of anything resembling a sermon being preaching to those who have

Local phone service: You’d think I’d learn

Ever since we could choose a home phone service provider, I’ve found myself beguiled by cheaper deals. You name it, I’ve probably tried it. And I’ve suffered through: * bundles that

More on sermon plagiarism

I’m really not sure how common sermon plagiarism is. If it is becoming more common, I think there are a few reasons: * a diminished view of preaching (not new – you read about

Reformed resources for missional work

Tim Keller comments: I think it would be most accurate to say that Reformed theology has always had great resources within it for missional work. For example: 1. Stanley Grenz credits Calvin for

Confessions of a Sermon Thief

I wrote this article in 2002, and it appeared in the September-October 2004 issue of Preaching, but I’ve never published it online. It’s received new life recently because I was quoted