Around the Horn (April 19)

The Missing Heart in AI-Generated Sermons "Nowadays, a frequent conversation among pastors concerns the use of AI platforms—like Gemini or ChatGPT—for sermon preparation. Everywhere I turn, church leaders are wowed by these tools’ generative capability,

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Around the Horn (April 10)

Three Levels of Sermon Introduction "Though every sermon necessarily needs a beginning, it does not necessarily need a formal introduction. Though it has to begin somewhere, there is no rule that it must begin with

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Around the Horn (April 3)

The Creational Goodness of Sports and Competition in the Biblical Story "Here, I will consider sports and competition primarily as a good gift of creation. Much could also be said about the way sin has

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Around the Horn (March 20)

The Danger of an Inward Focused Church "The consequences of turning inward are serious. A self-focused church loses spiritual vitality. Jesus warned the church in Laodicea of the danger of becoming “lukewarm” (Revelation 3:16). As

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