Preaching From the Overflow
Preach from the overflow. My homiletics instructor told us. Preach from the overflow. And I encourage you to take this to heart… Always go for depth. Whether it be in …
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No Fake Celebration
OK, folks, I’m fixing to put a stake in the ground that is gonna anger some of yall…Forgive me, but I gotta do it… When you present the truth of …
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Are You a Bully?
Are You Using Your Bully-Pulput 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 …
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Simple Sermon Construction Method
In the Facebook Group someone wanted a basic sermon construction formula. This is not the end all be all and hopefully you will move on from this to a full …
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Preaching a “But If Not Faith”
What do you do? You don’t feel like preaching… You always had a word to say when it is somebody elses mother who is dead… You have that word in …
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Who Creates A Sermon?
My homiletics professor, Dr. Brad Braxton, said, “You can’t write a sermon down because a sermon is an event.” You can’t write down an event. You can write down some …
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God Has A Blessing In Your Struggle
Sometimes you sit down to put a sermon together… And the sermon just flows… The words just come to you… The concepts… You make connections between what Sister Betty said …
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How To Judge Your Community
How do you judge your community? I remember visiting a church that had the reputation of being warm and loving once… Nobody knew who I was… I Just walked in… …
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God Don’t Need Cowards
Many people have sung it… But in my mind I always hear Shirley Caesar’s version from when she was with the Caravans. “God don’t need no coward soldiers.” But in …
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He Changed Him
He was alone at night… And a man showed up… There was a battle… And epic wrestling match as the man tried to leave and the other just wouldn’t let …
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Higher Difficulty Preacher or Bible Scholar?
What is more involved? Being a preacher or a Bible Scholar? Which do you think is harder? Which takes more work? Take a moment and answer… Go head…I’ll wait… …
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Being Scared Can Help You
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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