How I Got Over – When You Don’t Have To Know
“How I got over…My soul look back and wonder how I got over.” What I love about this song is that it glories in “not knowing.” I don’t know how …
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Don’t Close Your Sermon Like That
The congregation leaves with your sermon close on their mind. In fact, when people ask members about the sermon, they often can only bring to mind that very last part. …
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Seminary, Respect For The Ministry Of Others
Pastor Brady Williams wrote a very interesting response to a previous article titled “Should We Go To Seminary.” He wrote in part: …There is a problem I have seen for …
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Why You Need A Sermon Title
From time to time individuals question whether a sermon title is even needed. One person told me that all you need is just the text. This individual thinks that you …
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Do Righteous Children Beg For Bread?
I must admit that this is one of our “shout” texts, but does it say what we want it to say? Psalm 37:25 says “I was young and now I …
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Evaluating Your Sermons
On our Facebook Page (http://www.facebook.com/soulpreaching), which I encourage you to like so that you can get involved in some of these discussions, one of our readers, Prescott Jay Erwin, gave …
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I’m Gonna Take My Cross To Glory
I gotta home in the Kingdom Ain’t that Good News? I gotta home in that Kingdom Ain’t that Good News? Gonna Lay Down This World Shoulder Up My Cross Take …
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The Church…Hospital or Hospice
The church is not a monument for the righteous, it is a hospital for sinners. So goes the popular saying that has taken on almost cliche-like proportions in many of …
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Do You Preach The Theme or God’s Word?
Someone sent in the following question that I thought might be of interest to the community as a whole: What are your thoughts on Preaching on Theme topics ( Pastor …
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Has The Formed Weapon Prospered Against You?
The Bible says in Isaiah 54:17 “No weapon that is formed against you will prosper.” Many preachers, gospel singers and Bible teachers have emphasized this text to us. We all …
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Running From The Ministry But Still Preaching
Folks will sometimes say that a young man or woman who obviously has gifts in ministry is running from the ministry when she or he does not want any part …
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Strange Sermon Titles
At this link you will find a bunch of sermon titles connected to the scripture. Some are not bad, some are terrible, some are bizarre. I find that looking at sermon titles can help to rejuvinate the creative juices. It might help you, but be careful, some are absolutely terrible, for example:
- PIMPOLOGY – Purpose In My Pain – 2 Corinthians 11:23-30
- I’m So Sick of Frogs I Could Croak! – Exodus 8:12-14
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Improving Your Craft….How Pious Ideas Can Kill Preaching Improvement
We get emails and comments all the time from readers. I love to receive them and try to answer them if I can. Many are happy with the “down to …
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Asides And a Confusing Sermon
One of the greatest temptations of preachers is the unrelated point. It seems that preachers often want to add in asides while preaching their sermons. You know when preachers are …
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