Category: Church Life
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The Preacher as Artist
The sermon is a work of art. That is not just a metaphor. It is a theological conviction about what preaching actually is and why we do it. What Preaching Is Not The sermon is not a motivational speech. Motivational speeches are energetic and inspiring and they have their place, but the pulpit is not…
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A Light for the Ones We Can’t See Yet
A lighthouse is a strange thing when you stop to think about it. Nobody builds one for the people who are already safe in the harbor. The folks standing on the shore with their feet on dry ground do not need a beam of light sweeping across the water. The lighthouse exists for the boat…
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Room for One More
There is an empty chair sitting on our platform at church right now. The first Sunday people saw it, I’m sure they were wondering why a single chair was parked up front with nobody in it. It was there to remind us about the building we are planning. We do need the reminder, because we…
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Drawing Near: What Our Church Is Doing for the Next 40 Days
Draw Near runs from April 26 through June 7, and it touches nearly every part of our church life.