Dale Bruner, in his New Testament commentary on Matthew: Jesus is to be that rare person whose name means exactly what it says. “God-Saves” is not only Jesus’ name, it is his perfect definition; if both words–God, saves–are taken with full seriousness,...
One of my favorite stories that I have used at Christmas is simply called “THE TABLECLOTH.” It’s short enough to read and no one lose interest. Here is it in full: “THE TABLECLOTH” The brand new pastor and his wife, newly assigned to their first ministry, to reopen...
Here is a great Christmas Eve sermon idea (or any time idea): hand out everyone a candy cane. Then build the sermon around the image of the “cane” as a shepherd’s staff: “thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me” (Psalm 23). There is a big difference between a...
“And now God says to us what God has already said to the earth as a whole through his grace-filled birth: ‘I am there. I am with you. I am your life. I am your time. I am the gloom of your daily routine—-I am your joy. Do not be… To access this post, you must...
During the fourteenth century the greatest pestilence swept through Europe that has ever been recorded in history. It was called *’The Black Death,” and claimed its victims by hundreds of thousands, in every country of the old world. In that dreadful epoch men sought...
