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Jan 10, 2025 | 
dvidshub.net | Scott Gibson
Maintenance window scheduled to begin at February 14th 2200 est. until 0400 est. February 15th (e.g. [email protected]) Remember me Forgot Password? 2 The Honor Guard fires volleys, followed by Taps played by bugler Sgt. 1st Class Nicholas Burkeen, right, Mission Command Center of Excellence, during the reinterment ceremony for 2nd Lt. John E. McLauchlen Jr. July 8, 2024, at the Fort Leavenworth (Kansas) National Cemetery.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | Scott Gibson |Scott Wenig
The Apostle Paul was a great cheerleader for prayer. When reading his letters written to the various churches as found in the New Testament, he regularly underscores the importance of prayer. He tells the Philippian believers that when anxiety abounds that they “not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God” (Phil. 4:6). He instructs the Ephesian church to “pray in the Spirit on all occasions …” (Eph. 6:18).
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | Scott Gibson |David Karn
As we explore the Christmas story from various passages in the Bible, along the way we observe men and women who display a sense of marvel at what God is doing. What these individuals see, and experience is a sense of astonishment, wonder, even awe, a characteristic response to the incredible ways in which the Sovereign God reveals himself and his works to reinforce, affirm, and assert his glorious plan of salvation.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | Scott Gibson |Scott Wenig |Jeffrey Arthurs
I don’t know about you, but I’ve had my share of anxieties over preaching. Whether anxiety’s ugly head was raised during my preparation time or when I stood before my listeners to preach, I confess that I was gripped by anxiety.
I’ve seen anxiety exhibited by those whom I know that preach on a regular basis and have seen fretting and fussing sideline preachers. Not only that, but also, I’ve had students in my classes who’ve been tangled up in the tentacles of their own life’s fretfulness.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | John Johnson |Mike Woodruff |Scott Gibson
Editor’s Note: If you have missed any articles in this series, be sure to check out the Introduction article, where you can find all of the articles that have been released.
If we want to do ministry well, we will have to learn how to tell time.
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May 16, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | Scott Gibson |Gregory Hollifield
I write this article from the perspective of someone who was in many ways fatherless and from someone who is childless.
My father was an absentee father who was swept up into a world of alcoholism. His absenteeism was palpable. From not spending time with his children to ignoring their safety while driving drunk, my father was not physically nor emotionally present. When he was around, he was angry or a raging drunk. I confess that I don’t remember a pleasant moment with him.
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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.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | Scott Gibson |Matt Woodley
Wonder, awe, and amazement may find themselves cheapened in a culture that is casual with words. “That was awesome,” is a repeated exclamation about avocado toast or maybe a game-winning goal. But in the vocabulary of the Bible, these words have a wholly different meaning. They are not employed in a diminished way but describe the work of God in a woman’s or man’s life.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | John Johnson |Scott Gibson |Andrew Finch
Ammonius saw that he was cornered. Like a wild animal about to be ensnared, this desert father sought an escape. What some perceived as privilege, a call of God to serve the church, Ammonius saw as a burden. Presupposing an Old Testament tradition that the body of a would-be priest must be unblemished, he seized a pair of shears and sliced off his left ear.
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
preachingtoday.com | Steve Norman |Kevin Miller |Ryan Welsh |Scott Gibson
Does it seem like Christmas is starting earlier and earlier each year? It feels like the day after Halloween the Christmas commercials begin. I try to hold Christmas at bay in my mind until after Thanksgiving. But last week I had a meeting with the creative team at our church to start talking about Easter. Sometimes it feels like the weeks and the seasons all start to blur together. If there hadn't already been four inches of snow in Detroit, I wouldn't even know it's winter.
