What The Blues Teaches Us About Preaching
OK, I admit this is tangentially related to the point of this blog, but a few of you wanted me to put this up for discussion. Setting aside the obvious …
Are Pastors Kings? Bishop Eddie Long And Pastoral Kingship Read MoreAn interesting question came in this week. When do you tell people the point of the sermon? Is it in the introduction or some other point of the sermon? In …
When Do You Tell People The Point In The Sermon? Read MoreBiblicalPreaching.Net has an interesting post up on the use of commentaries in your preaching. You can find the link to the Biblical Preaching Post here. Mead, the author of the …
Preaching and Using Commentaries Read MoreOur next Top 10 is about the Saturday Night Special. You know where you up all night Saturday night to preach that Sermon on Sunday Morning. Well without further ado, …
Top 10 Reasons Why You Don’t Know What You Will Preach Tomorrow Read MoreWe all bring to our reading certain presuppositions. It is always interesting when a pastor comes to SoulPreaching.Com and subtly accuses us of assuming that preaching is all there is …
Preaching Is Not Your Only Job Read MoreH. Beecher Hicks in the second chapter of his book Preaching Through a Storm has a sermon entitled How to Silence a Preacher; or, Shut Your Mouth!. Rev. Hicks preached …
Is Your Mouth Open? Preachers and Proclamation Read More
Thought we might have a little fun with this one. So here is my David Letterman impression: 10) The Spirit moved in a mighty way and the people were energized …
Top 10 Reasons Your Worship Service Ends At 2:30PM Read More
A pastor was beginning a new initiative in a church. The church was to be split up into geographic regions and the associate ministers were to be the “spiritual leader” …
I Am Brother Cox – Status Worship In The Church Read More
Lowell Erdahl, in the book Best Advice for Preaching, quotes someone who said: “There are two kinds of preachers–those who have to say something and those who have something to …
Something to Say or Say Anything Read More
I asked our readers what was the most important question that they face in their pulpit work. The question asked most was “how do I overcome nervousness.” This was an …
Overcoming Nervousness in the Pulpit Read MoreThe Black Preaching Tradition is a great gift to the larger Christian world. Many acknoweldge the vibrancy and the power of great Black Preaching. I also marvel at the improvisational genious of the great preachers in that tradition. While we accept this great gift of the African American church, we also must acknowledge that there are some who are today abusing this gift by taking it and preaching a Gospel that does not take into account the full counsel of God.
Prostitution of the Black Preaching Tradition – Style but no Substance Read More
Among our most popular posts are the ones on Sermon Titles. There is just not that much information in book form or on the web on the issue. However, one …
Naming Your Sermon Read More
A while ago I wrote a popular article entitled The Easy Sermon Resolution. In it I talked about the tendency of many of us preachers to “jump to the gravy” …
Preaching A “But If Not Faith” Read More
A while ago someone came up to me and said that they remembered a sermon that was preached about 7 or 8 years ago. They said that the sermon inspired …
Preaching Matters Read More