“Hey Doc, I have to preach a sermon for senior’s day.” The question jumped out at me in my email box. “I want to know, should I preach the theme they gave…
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The Preacher’s Secret Weapon
It is indispensable for worship planning. It is a repository of the greatest thoughts in Christian history. Just about everybody has one and some folks got their from the church no matter…
Your Sermon Stories Should Have A Point
“I have a good idea, the next time you tell a story…” “Have a Point!!!” Steve Martin’s character said to John Candy’s character on the movie Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
How Do I Find Something to Celebrate?
“How do I celebrate this sermon?” That is one of the most popular questions that I receive. When I read the sermon under consideration, the answer almost always is simply, “You don’t…
Yelling Ain’t Gonna Fix A Broken Sermon
“I don’t know what’s wrong, but it just didn’t feel right.” A middle aged man told a woman, presumably his wife, at a Christian book store. Yeah, I know, my wife tells…
Sermon Is The Key To The Worship Service
The sermon is the key to the worship service. People like to hear the music and sometimes it can sooth in ways that only music can soothe. Sometimes prayer touches us in…
Celebrate This Sermon, Not Last Week’s Sermon
“God opened that door for ya, ain’t that right?” “God picked you up, ain’t that right?” “God turned you round, ain’t that right?” “Somebody knows bout a God who can make a…
Does your sermon have a text?
“Hey Doc, I got a sermon, can you help me find a text so that I can preach it?” A young preacher asked me through email. He was so excited. He immediately…
They May Shout, but do They Remember?
Some folks judge the effectiveness of their sermons by how many people are shouting or running down the isle. Now, there should be an emotional response to our sermons, but if your…
Rest and Preaching. Have you Recharged Your Engine?
“I am tired, I just need some time off.” A preacher said to me on a Facebook IM. I asked him, so why don’t you take a day off?” He frowned. Then…
Emotion in Preaching
Sometimes preachers declare that style is always secondary to content in preaching. The preacher should make sure that the people are receiving good content, and if the people are exposed to good…
Are You The Perfect Preacher?
Few will admit it. Preachers often piously state, “We are sinners like everybody else.” Or “Preachers are in need of the same grace we preach.” It is true, most would agree we…
Loyalty to the Call
Are you ready to preach? If you are the preaching pastor of a church, you probably answered in the affirmative. At least you are in a position to be ready very soon….
Solving Real Problems in Sermons
Harry Emerson Fosdick wrote an article for Harper’s Magazine entitled What’s the Matter with Preaching?. In the article Fosdick, former pastor of the famed Riverside Church in New York, gives his principle…