
Preachers are at War
Every time you step into the pulpit, you are in a battle. You have to understand that. You have an enemy who is as a “roaring lion seeking whom he …
Preachers are at War Read MoreWhat The Blues Teaches Us About Preaching
Every time you step into the pulpit, you are in a battle. You have to understand that. You have an enemy who is as a “roaring lion seeking whom he …
Preachers are at War Read MoreClosing The Sermon With Power Chapter 4: My Assumptions for a Powerful Close So now you have the ingredients. There are a few things that we will repeat that you …
Closing The Sermon With Power: Assumptions For A Powerful Close. Read MoreClosing The Sermon With Power Chapter 2: The Key to the Close So what is the key to having a solid ending? I think it is one simple word, Celebration. …
Closing The Sermon With Power: The Key Read MoreClosing The Sermon With Power Chapter 1: Prerequisites to a Powerful Close How do you end a sermon with power? You are asking this because innately you understand that no …
Closing The Sermon With Power: Prerequisites Read MoreYou worked hard to put together a sermon. You studied the text. You assembled some funny anecdotes and pertinent illustrations. And now you are ready to preach. You put powerful …
Does Someone Need To Hear This? Read MoreOne of my professors gave me a few approaches to generate sermonic ideas. The first approach would be to take the author of the Biblical passage or one of the …
Coming Up With Sermon Ideas Read MoreOK, this is one of those questions where our practice is often at odds with what we say we do. What am I talking about? The big question, WHAT COMES …
You Got A Theme – How Do You Get A Sermon? Read MoreHave you ever really analyzed your illustrations? I suspect most preachers don’t. I did it one time and found that the vast majority of my illustrations were largely about men. …
Illustrations and the Whole Congregation Read MoreSome believe that preaching is where the preacher goes off to talk to God with Bible in hand. Then God gives a message to the preacher. Then the preacher comes …
The Role Of Humanity In Preaching Read MoreMany call for practical sermons. I have made the same call on occasion. However, the term “practical sermons” means different things to different people. For example, some preachers use the …
Practical Preaching Or Kingdom Preaching? Read More