Through the many years that McGriff served St. Luke's, his messages addressed people's everyday lives and never failed to touch their hearts in a meaningful way. Perhaps that is why this church experienced such growth in membership during his tenure.
Indianapolis _Business Journal_How does he deliver, week after week, an interesting, appropriate message and never use notes? "I speak in stories," McGriff said in an interview. St. Luke's United Methodist Church grew to well over 4,000 members with a Sunday worship attendance averaging almost 2,000 under the leadership of E. Carver McGriff. His sermons were chosen in 1988 for national audio distribution. Sermon titles in this volume include:

• Repentance: A New Relationship
• Written On The Heart
• The Sadness of God
• Jesus: The Only Way To God?
• On Not Being First