All preaching should be as creative as we can make it. We've been entrusted with such a treasure. To have anywhere from 50 to 5000 people who give us 30 minutes of their time to hear whatever we want to say - I think they deserve all the creativity that we can give.

Those who successfully go through tough times do so because they keep insisting.

Truth can arrive within the story and ride latent - a bit incognito - within a story, and people are more prone to receive it.

Trust God's love. His perfect love. Don't fear He will discover your past. He already has. Don't fear disappointing Him in the future. He can show you the chapter in which you will. With perfect knowledge of the past and perfect vision of the future, He loves you perfectly in spite of both.

God's highest desire is not to make us rich, successful or popular. His goal is to make us His

I've caught myself a time or two adding or embellishing. I don't think that pleases the Lord. I don't think He needs my dishonesty to convey His gospel.

Does God care if I'm sad? Look at the tear-streaked face of Jesus as he stands near Lazarus's tomb.