You Have To Be Better
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You Have To Be Better

I recently wrote a piece on preaching and competition for Abilene Christian University’s “Mosaic” online conversation.

Give Me Some Jesus
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Give Me Some Jesus

She grabbed the communion goblet with both hands, wrestling it awkwardly out of the officiant’s hands, and took a big gulp. Her teenage daughter followed suit. This happened recently as some friends and I had gathered for a church service before a preaching conference. After we had lots of laughs over their “mistake” of not…