“I need to preach a sermon about my denominational distinctives…how am I supposed to get good news out of doctrinal preaching?” Someone asked. If you can’t get good news out of your…
Month: October 2015
What’s Wrong With My Sermon
What’s the matter with my sermon Doc? You know what. In many cases it comes down to one of three things… 1) You didn’t have a clear presentation of the good news….
Telling Your Story Doesn’t Always Work
He had a story to end his sermon… I supposed, it appeared to be a perfect story that would connect to the people and encourage them to live God’s life in a…
Doors Will Close…
Doors shut… And doors open… Yesterday I was contemplating the shutting of a door in the life of this ministry… And it kind of got me down for a moment. It was…
The Role Of Bad News In Your Sermon
Bad News… “OK, Cox you talk a lot about Good News…But my text has some bad news in it. Are you saying to ignore that?” If it is in the text, you…
You Don’t Have To Yell
You don’t have to yell when you preach, but you can increase intensity… What? Increase intensity but not yelling? What are you talking about? OK, sit down for a moment and let’s…
Tactics Don’t Replace Power
Exegesis, you better do it. But it don’t replace power… Solid Sermon Construction. Check. We need that, but it don’t replace power… Great Presentation. That’s what a lot of people remember. But…
Should We Prepare Or Pray?
A preacher angrily told me, “What you are doing is useless.” In a second I tried to bring to mind what he was talking about. Was it my television watching? Was it…
Sermon Prep In the Car?
I was driving in my car preparing a sermon… OK, I need to explain. I often practice preaching in the car on my commute. I will take one or more points from…
The Two Hardest Texts To Interpret
There are two kinds of texts that are the hardest to exegete. The first are those that you have read so often, you think you already know what it is about. The…
Don’t Preach Nobody To Hell If You Ain’t Telling them How to Get To Heaven
You ever heard a sermon like this? “You ain’t doing this… You ain’t doing that… You better straighten up… Let’s have the benediction…”
Does God Set You Aside So God Can Preach?
I know what you are saying, but I don’t like the terminology, “Lord set me aside as I preach…” I understand…you are want the people to see God’s glory and not our…
You Are Where You Need To Be
God got you… Where you need to be… Do you believe it? Well then repeat it with me and say it like you mean it… God got you…
Are You Ready?
I was a member of a church of about 50. We didn’t have a full time pastor so the head elder scheduled the elders to preach. One week..I showed up and you…