Obstacles to Financing the Kingdom

The goal here is not to get into household finances, but rather the financing of the work of the kingdom of God. This relates to household finances at some point, obviously, but the purpose here is to address finances at the kingdom level. The amount of material on this subject in the Bible is simply …

A Treatise on the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons

Title: On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons Author: John A. Broadus Genre: Religion Publisher: Harper Collins Release Date: September 26, 1979 Pages: 368 Fully revised edition of the classic guide to the art of homiletics incorporates recent helpful developments in the field. Very fine book. I didn’t read this edition, but rather a very …

Feminist Rape Constructs

Let us first review the facts. Mount Holyoke College is an all-women’s college that recently began admitting male students who self-identify as female. And then, in a spasm of self-righteousness, there was a successful student-led effort to get a college performance of The Vagina Monologues cancelled because that play was insufficiently sensitive to those women …

Different Kinds of Flies

I recently wrote a piece on marriage and sexuality that included this: “12. What is the most important word in the marriage vows? In our time, because of the peculiar form our disobedience has taken, the most important word is obey. And it is the most important word whether or not it is included in …

Preaching & Teaching With Imagination

Title: Preaching and Teaching with Imagination Author: Warren W. Wiersbe Genre: Religion Publisher: Baker Books Release Date: February 1, 1997 Pages: 400 No more dreary three-point sermon outlines! Wiersbe coaches preachers to creatively proclaim the living Word--so hearers experience God's truth changing their lives. This was a good book, with a lot of good points, …