Some preachers use words. Other preachers smith them. One of my growing edges in ministry over the last decade or so has been to abandon the former and embrace the latter. Smithing words is especially important when, in a one point sermon, you craft the bottom...
This Mother's Day gift is one of my favorite things ever. Here's why. During my Easter Sunday message, I lamented how difficult it is to represent the empty tomb artistically. The cross is much easier and as a result we have crosses that adorn our churches and...
Art rock. Psychadelic rock. Prog rock. Whatever you want to call it the Moody Blues were at the forefront of it. I remember when I was about six years old and my older brothers and sisters had some of their albums in our house in Dallas -- and I thought both the...
Yesterday's message ... Began in a "liturgical" fashion with me inviting viewers to stand and read the Scripture out loud and together as we began; Deal with the thorny issue of the demonic in Scripture and in life; Used Colossians 2:13-15 to bring light to Mark 1;...
On Wednesday night our Children's Ministry Team hosted a drive through Hamburger Project. Huh? We offered prayer, resources, gift bags, hamburger coupons and, most of all, an opportunity for children and their families to make eye contact with Good Shepherd...
As thrilling as it is to ensure that at least a moment in every sermon points to Christ and him crucified, it is even moreso when sermons issue an urgent yet loving appeal to surrender to his Lordship. Doing this well involves doing it with variety. It includes...
You’ve heard of the five stages of grief? Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance? Or on a lighter note, the Five Love Languages? Acts Of Service, Words Of Affirmation, Gifts, Quality Time, and physical touch? So those cinco-centric lists got me...
Yesterday's message ... Dug a bit deeper into the short story from Mark 1 that is our basis for the entire "No Problem" series; Acknowledged that some people actually like their problems and derive their identity from them; Led to an opportunity to say Yes to Jesus,...
One time I lost my voice. Here's how I found it again. There was a season in the life of Good Shepherd, stretching from, say 2007 – 2010, in which I had learned the technique of a one point sermon. So that was progress. However, during that same time I had become...
Here's our son Riley Davis and his wife Natalie enjoying ice cream on the recently re-opened streets of Prague, Czech Republic. They have been stationed there since last summer, working on behalf of Cru (formerly known as Campus Crusade For Christ) with college...