Love for the Word (Part 4) – Tools

We’ve been comparing love for God’s Word and preparation in it to a human relationship. We know that doing relationships well involves some competency and learning some effective behaviors–think of them as tools–that improve the relationship....

Love for the Word – Part 3 (Meaning)

There is a Seinfeld episode where Jerry is dating a girl he describes as a sentence finisher. “It’s like dating Mad Libs,” he says. And she was always completely off-base when she tries to complete his sentence. We’ve been using the metaphor of...

The Preacher as Herald

It is easy to get things mixed up as a kid. For example, I thought that the song “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing” was about “Harold Angels,” as in the given name of those celestial beings. I had difficulty understanding that at first. Thankfully,...

The Preacher as Steward

One of the New Testament images for a preacher of the gospel is the image of the steward. Stewardship has come to be equated in our minds with financial giving. Yet it encompasses more than that. This word is an accurate description of what a preacher must do to...