Articles for tag: Lectionary

October 20, 2012

By Chuck Sackett “What”s in a name?” “What does the Bible say about God”s honor?” “Taking God”s name in vain.” Those recent searches resulted in an abundance of usable illustrative materials. Which is my way of saying, I don”t use the web for the substance of the sermon, I use it for developing creative means of communicating what the text has revealed through the hard work of Bible study. GoogleÂ is not the only search engine, but it represents a category of tools every preacher must become adept at using. The fact that the web abounds with material is both bane

February 3, 2008

Christian Standard

Theology & Bible

How God’s Word Has Come to Us (Part 3): God’s Word Preserved

By H. Lynn Gardner ABOUT THIS SERIES: January 20″”God”s Word Written. How did God communicate through prophets and Scripture writers? Last Week””God”s Word Collected. What is the canon and how can we be sure our Bibles contain the right books? Today””God”s Word Preserved. How close to the original are the Bible manuscripts we have today? Next Week””God”s Word Translated. How true to God”s Word are the English words available for us to read? My pharmacist asked, “Lynn, how do we know the words in my Bible are the words Jesus spoke?” We need to know how accurately the Bible text