Catchy sermon titles?
Should we work at crafting catchy sermon titles?Well, according to my friend Steven Lee, President of SermonAudio.com, the best way to increase sermon downloads is to improve sermon titles. We may not...
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Jack Westerink has been a much-loved husband, father, elder, and Christian School Principal for many years. A few months ago, we were all shocked to hear that Jack had been diagnosed with ALS (Lou...
View ArticleLoss
I'm no poet, but I think this is a touching and moving poem. It was written by Kara Dedert, whose son, Calvin, was born with multiple disabilities while Kara and her husband Darryl were serving as...
View ArticlePastoral Theology Resources
Jeremy Walker at The Wanderer is doing the church valuable service by his ongoing collection and summarizing of pastoral theology resources here. He's up to the letter D. Stay tuned as he works his...
View ArticleMeditations and Devotions
You can get some regular nourishment for your soul at Case Van Kempen's Meditations and Devotions. Permalink | Leave a comment »
View ArticleHow to complete an MIT Physics Class in 4.5 days
Here's something to inspire students as they gear up for classes again. Scott Young specializes in rapid learning. His latest experiment was to complete and pass an MIT Physics class in 4.5 days! He...
View ArticleReformed Forum: Christ in the Old Testament
Anyone who's interested in a Christ-centered understanding the Old Testament should listen to (or watch on video) this Reformed Forum podcast with Lane Tipton, Associate Professor of Systematic...
View ArticleMr & Mrs Israelite read Ruth
Inspired by my friend Tim Challies' fascinating and insightful preaching (here) and blogging series (here and here) on Ruth, I returned to the book myself for a recent sermon. Whenever I preach from...
View ArticleA body-language gallery
I'm not for preachers practicing gestures to accompany their preaching; arm and body movements should flow naturally. However, I am all for preachers understanding and avoiding body-language that will...
View ArticleMeeting manners
Have a look at this entertaining infographic and see if you can identify your meeting manners: 1. Bill the Deflector: keeps out of the conversation by deflecting all questions to other workers 2....
View ArticleWas Christianity responsible for the crusades?
Found this question difficult and can't say that I was particularly happy with my answer. What would you have said? UPDATE #1: My good colleague through the wall, Dr Bill Vandoodewaard, comes to my...
View ArticleJesu-fying the medium or commodifying Jesus?
Thought-provoking (provocative?) quote from James Smith, Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College: The Gospel is not a "content" that can be distilled and just dropped into any old "form" that seems...
View ArticleA good question from Justin Taylor
Justin Taylor asks: Can your theology account for the consistency of all three of these verses from Luke 24—divine veiling, human culpability, and divine revealing? v. 16 But their eyes were kept from...
View ArticleRevealing Research
A large 40 year study, by the American Heart Association, of over 80,000 women in the USA has found that those with a history of depression had a 29% increased risk of stroke. The researchers also...
View ArticleThe best part of his sermons are his silences
Yesterday I was privileged to hear my pastor, Foppe VanderZwaag, preaching on Job 1. It was a captivating and enthralling sermon with fascinating insights throughout, especially his positive (and...
View ArticleThe beauty and glory of the Holy Spirit
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View ArticleI'm moving (well my blog is)
Look out for a special announcement (and a special offer) on Friday. In the meantime, I have to go quiet for a few days. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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When a student (yes, you Michael) eventually persuaded me to start blogging just under two years ago, I never expected it to become such a large and enjoyable part of my life and ministry. With such...
View ArticleMy last blog post on this site
As of today, nothing else will be posted on this blog. Head Heart Hand: Leadership for Servants has moved and can now be found here. I hope you'll join me there. And for the next few days, if you...
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