What The Blues Teaches Us About Preaching
If the good news is good…then why are you preaching the bad One of the common critiques of Christians is that we become experts at what folks are doing wrong. …
Is Your Good News Stronger Than Your Bad News? Read More
Do you love the people in the pew? Do you even care about them? They know whether you do or not. They may shout at your whoop. They may wait …
Do You Care About The People? Read More
I was a member of a church of about 50. We didn’t have a full time pastor so the head elder scheduled the elders to preach. One week..I showed up …
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How to make sure you close with power? OK…this question came in. Wow can you ensure you close your sermon with power. You got at least two options…(OK…you got more…but …
Close With Power…How Do You? Read More
Preach One Sermon. “You got a sermon you working on?” A pastor asked a ministerial student during the intermission between sunday school and the worship hour. “Yes sir…I am thinking …
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There were smiles all around. Excitement and anticipation had turned to gratitude and love. We smiled as the new born simply looked up and barely moved. The whole family was …
Why You Must Celebrate Hard Work Read More
Does your sermon have authority? Just look at the congregation and that will often tell you all you need to know. I was looking at a preacher whooping and hollering… …
Is There Authority In Your Sermons? Read More
If the good news is good…then why are you preaching the bad One of the common critiques of Christians is that we become experts at what folks are doing wrong. …
Why You Only Preaching Bad News? Read More
Do I have to know Greek and Hebrew to Preach The word? I have had a few questions come in related to the use of Greek and Hebrew in preaching …
Do You Have To Know Greek? Read More
“So do you teach the X, Y, and Z methods of sermon structure?” A preacher asked me. My answer is simple… “No…” I don’t ignore other methodologies because I don’t …
How Many Preaching Methods Do You Teach? Read More
Manuscript or Outline? How Should you Preach? Had a good question come in…Keep the questions coming: Anyway, here ya go… > Your messages are always so timely. I have a …
Manuscript or Outline? Read More
If you ain’t asked why then you ain’t done exegeting the text. “Why does the red light mean stop and the green light mean go?” I chuckle at the question. …
Did You Ask Why? Read More
Are you ready? You should always have a sermon ready to preach. “Hey Doc, I’m gonna put you on the program.” My Vanderbilt Divinity School classmate told a few us …
You Got a Sermon in Your Bible? Read More
Is your Sermon Close Fake? 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 …
Is Your Sermon Close Fake? Read More