It was an odd sermon introduction. The guest preacher stood up to speak and told the congregation, "If you didn't know better, you'd think this was a classroom or a seminar. I'm standing here at the ...

This is a fun question because sermon ideas come from many different sources, but I always start with scripture. Preaching is proclaiming the Word of the Lord so every sermon starts with Bible study.

The first sermon I ever preached was as a youth ministry intern, more than twenty years and a thousand teachings ago. The text was from Matthew 14, the story of Jesus walking on water. But I didn’t ...