You ever been scared? Fear serves a purpose, it can actually be beneficial. It is beneficial to be scared of falling off the side of that building… So we don’t go near…
Month: November 2016
Preaching When You Are Given A Theme
I have a text and a theme, how am I supposed to preach this? Doesn’t happen all the time, but it does happen from time to time. “They gave me a text…
Preaching is for Real
Preaching is for real… People are going through real stuff… And they come… Sister Betty just got a cancer diagnosis… And what are you preaching? Brother Joe just found out he lost…
A Preacher Ain’t A Bully
A Preacher Ain’t a Bully You can almost always tell when a preacher is verbally beating up on a member. “Don’t send me an email that says XXXXX…” Huh? So you are…
What Are You Preaching This Week?
What are you preaching this week? What are you preaching next week? What are you preaching next month? Most of you can answer the first question right now. Less of you can…
How Do You Insure Relevance?
How Do you insure Relevance Relevance doesn’t mean that you never preach about the ethical demands of the text. Relevance simply means that you preach in a way that is UNDERSTOOD by…
Stop Complaining and Start Preparing
He was always complaining about not getting enough preaching engagements… And then his time came… And you know what? He laid an egg… He obviously wasn’t ready and it showed. Huh?
A Sermon Without Theology
Have you ever preached a sermon devoid of any theology? No teaching about God… No teaching about humanity’s relation to God… No theology at all? Well, you may disagree with me… But…
Practice Preaching Makes Perfect Preaching
Nothing… Nothing… Nothing beats preaching through your sermon ahead of time… Preaching through your sermon in your practice room will let you know about structural issues in your sermon… Preaching through your…
You…Go…
“Go…” A voice spoke from the darkness into his inner being… “Go?, Go where?” “Just Go… I’ll tell you when you get there.” Hmm… You ever felt like the call of God…