Tag «Preaching»

Shooting Yourself in the Foot

As you probably know, I’m a fan of the Andy Griffith Show.  Of course, one of my favorite characters is Barney Fife.  If I’m not mistaken (and you Mayberry trivia buffs can correct me if I’m wrong), but Barney accidentally fired his gun 10 times, mostly while pulling it from his holster.  The amazing thing …

In Defense of Storytelling

“Our preacher doesn’t preach the Bible, he just tells stories.”  “All he does is use a few verses, and the rest of the time he tells stories.”  “In recent years, Bible preaching has given way to storytelling.” These are all complaints that I have sometimes heard brethren make.  In fact, just yesterday, I read an …

Graceless Preaching

Not long ago, I read a book written by a brother who set out to describe the preaching that took place 60 to 70 years ago.  Here is what he said: “The sermons just seemed so harsh and graceless…If you were going to preach in the 1940’s and 50’s in the Churches of Christ, you …

From Where I Stand

This past Sunday, July 13, 2008 marked for me, the completion of 19 years of work with the South Green Street Church of Christ in Glasgow, KY.  Now, I know that today, as I begin working in my 20th year, that this amount of time is a drop in the bucket to some people.  For …