Babylon Bee is a satirical site featuring fictional Christian news stories. Any resemblance to actuals Christians is pretty intentional, but meant to evoke wry humour. Here’s an example that focusses on preachers who search out Bible verses that illustrate their sermon illustrations: Gary Wright, lead pastor of vision at Passions Church, reportedly stayed up nearly …
From a post on crafting expository sermons by H.B. Charles: The sermon conclusion should be an actual conclusion. Do not start with a bang and end with a fizzle. Do not preach until you run out of time or material. Do not plan the sermon and just “let the Spirit lead you” at the end. …
This is a five minute graduation speech by Mike Rowe pointing out the unfortunate truth that passion and ability may not have anything to do with each other and that just because you’re passionate about something doesn’t mean you won’t suck at it, and that happiness on the job has very little to do with …
At Desiring God Con Campbell reminds us that if Jesus can weep before the grave of a friend we shouldn’t be in too much of a rush to make our funerals too happy. From the post: Sometimes our Christian funerals are too happy. Yes, we believe our loved one is with Jesus. Yes, we believe …
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