Joel Gregory

Apr 11, 2024 | preachingtoday.com | Gregory Hollifield |Scott Gibson |Joel Gregory

Ed Murphy was the father of my high school principal Ellis and father-in-law to Ellis’s wife Doris, who happened to be my high school art teacher. Ed was as faithful as the sunrise at the church we attended throughout my teen years—the church where I answered the call to preach and delivered some of my earliest sermons. Ed listened graciously to more than his fair share of my meager homilies. (God bless him!) Every time afterwards on his way out the door, he paused long enough to thank me.

Mar 26, 2024 | preachingtoday.com | Joel Gregory

Chapter 2 These six angles will help keep your Easter preaching fresh. The Gospels do not present the precise moment of the Resurrection. That would be to stare straight into the sun itself. The Gospels do present the immediate aftermath of the Resurrection.

Feb 29, 2024 | preachingtoday.com | Mandy Smith |John Casey |Gregory Hollifield |Joel Gregory

I love words, but they’re not my first language. Before we know one word, we know the world through instincts and emotions, memories and urges. We wince at sour, we giggle in the bath. Our first language is human experience. As preachers, we always begin with the Word of Scripture. Thankfully it’s been translated into our spoken languages.

Feb 16, 2023 | preachingtoday.com | Scott Gibson |Joel Gregory

Many a preacher has faced a penalty flag when preparing to preach or while preaching a sermon. Sometimes in the preparation and the preaching there are wrecks that cause spiritual injury to the preacher and listeners. As experienced Penalty Flag Officials, we have engaged with the rules and offer the following insights to our readers that we trust will be helpful in avoiding homiletical fender benders, or worse, a sermon smash-up.