What The Blues Teaches Us About Preaching
Today we live in an era that attacks the very idea of preaching to everybody. Our “church growth” consultants tell us to tailor our theology, worship, programs, and our community …
Preaching To Your Demographic? Read More
Great sermons will have increases in intensity. Especially as you near the end of the sermon, the intensity of the sermon causes the people to really get involved in truth of the Gospel.
Let Your Content Shout Read More
I am currently reading the work by Marvin McMickle entitled Where have all the prophets gone? Where have the prophets gone? In the book McMickle looks at 4 trends that have caused the prophetic voice of the prophets to be blunted in the Christian church.
What Happened to the Prophets? Read More
Bible Teaching is not about simply transferring information. It includes that, but it also includes changing the lives of the people you have been called to teach the Word to. …
The Bible Teacher’s Great Objective Read More
Praise God for the Word of the coming Kingdom of God. This is certainly good news, but is it good news for everyone? Do we betray the radical nature of …
Audio 35 – Gospel Ain’t Good News For Everyone Read More
William Willimon writes: Where we want the gospel to be gracious it is judgmental and where we want it to be judgment, it is gracious. Willimon is simply referring to …
Word Doesn’t Obey Us..We Obey The Word Read More
It is interesting how many budding preachers turn on the television and think that copying the various personalities is effective preaching.  They end up with superficial copies of some preachers. …
You Need Training – A Basic Program Read More
When one thinks about preaching without notes, usually they think about memorizing a lot of data. This is not the only way to do it. In fact it is probably …
One Secret To Preaching Without Notes Read More
Some of us are guilty of using the text. We have the idea we want, we find the text that appears to say what we want it to say. And …
Let the Bible Lead Read More
We as preachers are often tempted to preach a 30 minute sit-com message. In those messages the great mysterious and sometimes surprising God is reduced to a simple understandable and …
It Ain’t Fair! Read More
Most preachers are susceptible to either obliterating the uniqueness of our Christian teaching in relating it to humanity, or ignoring the practicality of the doctrines by preaching it in a …
The Importance of Relating Doctrine to Experience Read More
We all have blind spots in the pulpit. We all have a tendency to migrate to a few themes. I critically listened to a preacher the other day. This is …
Addressing Your Blind Spots In The Pulpit Read More
One question that comes up over and over again is whether celebration is merely entertainment. I have addressed it before on this blog, but I think it deserves mentioning again. …
Is Celebration Entertainment Read More
How does one grab the moment and preach effective sermons? Many of us who teach preachers spend a lot of time talking about sermonic preparation. We discuss how to effectively …
Become the Message of Your Sermons Read More