7 Lessons to Observe As You Prepare to Preach

by | Mar 20, 2014 | Opinion

I have learned many lessons over my past 50 years of preaching. Here are seven of the most important: 1. Confine the sermon to a text; limitation sponsors power. Water limited to the sluice of a hydroelectric generator turns the blades that create the power. Air...

The Castle and the Wall: A Reflection 19 Years Later

by | Mar 17, 2009 | Opinion

George Arthur Buttrick, the legendary Presbyterian preacher of the 20th century, insisted that all preaching is venue specific. Indeed it is. The day I preached the Southern Baptist Convention annual sermon in downtown San Antonio in June 1988, recalls a painfully...