Darrell Johnson

1 month 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.

Jun 5, 2024 | hometownnewsbrevard.com | Darrell Johnson

When Julie Thompson was diagnosed with cancer in 2017, she had no idea that her treatment would include five or six trips aboard private airplanes every three weeks. “I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017,” the 63-year-old said. “At that time I had a double mastectomy and I also had to have radiation and chemotherapy treatment. That all took about a year.”That worked for more than five years.

Oct 26, 2023 | preachingtoday.com | Scott Gibson |Darrell Johnson |Lee Eclov |Matt Woodley

Soon the Christmas season will be upon us. Perhaps by now some preachers have already planned their sermon series—while others may not yet have settled on how to approach preaching the Incarnation. Of course, preaching during Advent and Christmas may provide challenges for the preacher. How does one preach about the birth of Christ—again? Reflecting on a possible angle from which to preach the Incarnation, let me suggest the theme of light.