As your congregants what out the back door of the sanctuary, what do you want them to Do, Be, Know or Feel as a result of your preaching? It doesn’t have to be all four of those each week. Perhaps today’s sermon on the Great Commission is a call to action, a challenge to “Do” …
Application = Afterthought
We come on Sunday mornings to be changed, So it is one of the more perplexing realities that many preachers often do not spend quality time on their applications. Some simply don’t get around to it. And there are members of a truly curious subset who go all the way and assert that they do …
Don’t Avoid the Tough Questions in a Text
What are the dangers of skipping merrily over the text? First, you will be teaching us to be lazy in our own study. You will make us less brave and adventurous in our private reading of Scripture. If it’s a hard one for you, it’s probably near impossible for us. If you have one hundred …
Who’s This Oprah Person You’re Talking About?
A word or two about the necessity of cultural literacy. There’s something mildly peculiar about a pastor who knows the details of the current plotlines from Days of Our Lives. But there’s something that’s just out of touch about a pastor in America who has no idea what Days of Our Lives refers to. (The …
The Big Idea of this book
Everything you do with respect to your preaching should be the product of an intentional choice. The ironic thing is that even when you think you are not making choices intentionally, your actions reveal your intentions. Even if you don’t mean them to. The essential principle upon which this book rests is the following: the …
Your Tough Job Matters. But You Have to Bring Your A++ Game.
If you are a preacher, you have my immediate admiration.What you do matters. Really matters. That sermon timeslot on Sunday has the potential to be the most important module in our week. Those of us sitting in the pews know that we should have daily quiet times. We know that we should listen to our …
It’s a Tough Job
Ever spent a day shaving pigs? Apparently that’s a job for some people. It makes the pig’s muscles stand out so the hope for future bacon looks brighter. Ever worked as an oil tank removal technician? A sinkhole garbage specialist, concrete-wall demolisher or slime eel fisher? Mike Rowe made a quite a career trying out …
Meirwyn Walters
Attorney/Preaching Coach/Author After graduating with a B.A. in American history from Harvard University, Meirwyn Walters studied law and theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and then earned his J.D. at Boston College Law School. A full-time partner at Walters Lacey LLP, he is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business Law at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. He …