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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A Preacher Ain’t A Bully
A Preacher Ain’t a Bully 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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What Are You Preaching This Week?
What are you preaching this week? What are you preaching next week? What are you preaching next month? Most of you can answer the first question right now. Less of …
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How Do You Insure Relevance?
How Do you insure Relevance Relevance doesn’t mean that you never preach about the ethical demands of the text. Relevance simply means that you preach in a way that is …
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Stop Complaining and Start Preparing
He was always complaining about not getting enough preaching engagements… And then his time came… And you know what? He laid an egg… He obviously wasn’t ready and it showed. …
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