Prayer And Preaching
Preparation for preaching requires a number of steps. Have you completed all of them? I fear that some preachers come into the preaching moment having done their checklist… Pray for …
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Three Steps to Effective Assistant Ministers
I have been tan assistant for much of my time in ministry. Some pastors have treated me with the utmost respect. I have seen other pastors who treat their assistants almost as slaves, giving them the least desirable jobs and neglecting acknowledgment of the work that they do.
Senior pastors should note that they are not the only ones who are giving their time and energies to the church. Many of these assistants are in part time situations sometimes they are not even be paid at all. But these assistants finish their work in industry and then come to ministry to seek to give their talents to God.
There are, in my estimation, three steps that a senior minister must follow if that minister is to have effective assistant ministers.
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Lord Where Are You? – Honoring the Question
Lord, why do you allow bad things to happen? Lord, why is pain allowed to run rampant. Lord, what is going on? And, Lord, where are you? Such questions come …
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How to Use Another Person’s Sermon
Ok. You have less than a day. You have waited until it is very late. At this point you have a few options and none of them are good.
Are You Serving Slop In the Pulpit?
I was talking to a fellow preacher the other day about the difficulties and challenges of preaching sermons that both touch the people as well as sits under the smile …
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Where Are You Now?
We are always looking somewhere else. We are always pushing to go somewhere else. Life seems to be about planning for some event in the future. It might be graduation, …
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The Role Of Humanity In Preaching
Some believe that preaching is where the preacher goes off to talk to God with Bible in hand. Then God gives a message to the preacher. Then the preacher comes …
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The Homiletic Process in A Minute
Someone sent this in on our Facebook Page and I thought the answer might be applicable to many readers. Hey I have a few questions if you don’t mind helping …
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Prophet or Orator?
In the book Sacred Art: Preaching and Theology in the African American Tradition Olin Moyd quotes Peter T. Forsyth who said: “The Christian preacher is not the successor of the Greek orator, but of the Hebrew prophet. The orator comes with inspiration the prophet comes with a revelation.”
Oratorical Talent Alone is not Preaching
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Preaching That Is Not Conventional
There is a lot of preaching today that does not address the reality of our membership in the Kingdom of God. Neither does it address the reality of the “present …
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How Much Time For Sermon Preparation?
Can we complete sermon preparation in four hours? All of us whether in full time or part time ministry have limited time. However, those of us who are called to …
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Connect the Point to Human Experience
The sermon is not a Biblical lecture designed merely to inform the hearer of some interesting facts. It is not merely a place where you can learn different stories from …
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Should You Go To Seminary?
Because of my public ministry, I receive a lot of questions. One question that comes up from time to time is whether the questioner should go to seminary or perhaps …
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