“Not Many of You Should Become Teachers”: thoughts on working with words

After a message I heard this past week from James 3:1-12 about taming the tongue, I have been pondering the first verse of that text: Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. (James 3:1) This is one of those verses that sent …

Let the Message Live in You: preachers who bring a word of life to others because it has become a word of life first in us

An article I recently wrote was published this week at Preaching Today entitled "Let the Message Live in You: May we be preachers who bring a word of life to others because it has become a word of life first in us." This article arose from some of my recent work as part of my …