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1 week ago | 
preachingtoday.com | Darrell Johnson |Todd Wilson |Dan Meyer
I invite you now to come with me into the very center of the Christian faith. And I invite you to do so through a text of Scripture with which you are, no doubt, very familiar. Just before my family and I left the Philippines and returned to the United States, this text opened up for me in an explosive way. I had, by that time, studied and taught it for nearly 20 years. But it was not until November of 1988 that the text's fundamental affirmation finally opened up to me.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
adventurecycling.org | Alissa Bell |Dan Meyer
Photo by Frederic GuyotSimply put, bikepacking is more fun when mind and body are on the same team. Many a long bike ride has begun with no training at all, and we’re not here to discourage anyone from trying if that’s your style. But there is freedom in feeling like your body is helping you cover the miles instead of complaining about them. If you’re new to cycling or haven’t ridden much lately, start by simply riding as much as possible: to the store, to work, to the park on Saturday afternoon.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
biztimes.com | Dan Meyer
We are proud to present BizTimes Media’s 15th annual Giving Guide, which introduces you to more than 70 nonprofit organizations making an impact through their missions, transforming lives and shaping the future of our community. This year’s Giving Guide also features a number of stories spotlighting the work nonprofits are doing in our community and how you can get involved.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | Haddon Robinson |Dan Meyer |Ed Rowell
Introduction
At the risk of ruining your political correctness, I wonder if you are prejudiced. Are you prejudiced against snakes? If a group of snakes moved in next door and inhabited your back yard, do you think it would lower your property values? Suppose your daughter brought a snake home for dinner. Would your family be comfortable with that? Chances are you are prejudiced against snakes.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | Stewart Ruch |Dan Meyer |Matthew LaTourelle
Introduction
(Read 1 Thess. 4:3-8)
For many people—especially those of the younger generations—it’s passages like this that are a real hurdle for them in accepting Christianity as true. The Bible is just so “out of touch” with the reality of the world that we live in today.
There are at least a couple of reasons for that.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | Dan Meyer |Mark Mitchell |Lee Eclov
Introduction
One of the hardest-to-get, most-difficult-to-live-into, toughest-to-hold-onto ideas of the truly Jesus-like life is this: A Christian lives for the sake of others. I did not make this idea up. It is not the product of some soft-minded, gushy-hearted spirituality. This idea is central to a biblical understanding of what it means to be truly a Christian—literally "a little Christ"—rather than a person merely playing at discipleship.
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Aug 17, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | Dan Meyer
Introduction
Of all the people admired in the world today, Jesus of Nazareth continually ranks at the top of the list. Even those who don't call themselves Christians regard Jesus as one of the wisest teachers and most loving leaders the world has ever known. He is still making the covers of magazines and being talked about in coffee shops with a popularity like no other person who has walked this earth.
So why did his contemporaries killhim?
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | Dan Meyer |Bryan Wilkerson |Mark Mitchell
The story behind the sermon (by Dan Meyer)
The personal backdrop
The sermon "God and Caesar" reflects my longstanding curiosity about the proper relationship between piety and politics. This interest, I suppose, is a function of extended exposure to the topic. I grew up in a political family, the son of a state senator and nephew of a U.S. senator. I hold a political science degree from Yale and led its student government.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | Dan Meyer |Donald Sunukjian
Introduction
We live in an age of finger-pointing. Some of this finger-pointing is regrettable, I think. One expression of it is inspirational, I believe. And one dimension of it is now essential, I'm convinced. I'd like to reflect with you on all three of these senses of "finger-pointing," because each of them bears upon the ministry of Christians in a time when the role of religion in American life is again on the front burner.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | Mike Woodruff |Dan Meyer |Matt Woodley
Introduction
In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus shares some important insights on power. Mary the mother of James and John came to him and asked, "When you come into your kingdom, let my boys sit at your right and your left." In other words, "Put them in charge of everyone else. Give them power." Jesus said, "You don't really know what you are asking, and it will not unfold that way." He then turned to calm the other ten disciples who heard the request and immediately felt indignant.
