OK… So I have been learning music over the last few years. Somebody said, “All the answers are in the records.” What they were saying is that if you have a question…
Category: Preaching Methods
The Whoop in Black Preaching
I am by no means an expert on whooping, but I noticed that there is little information available on the web so I decided to write up a few posts ont he subject.
Show Your Work
Do you show your work in your preaching? OK… I’m trying to think through this…so bear with me… What you talkign bout Cox? OK…let me try this… How do your people know…
Grab The Hymnal
You know what is one of the greatest tools for preacher? I know you have heard me say it before…And I am on a music kick right now…. but I gotta say…….
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 your exegesis……
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 the Gospel…
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 homiletic, but…
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 season when…
Your Preaching Gotta Take Them Higher
Oh Freedom… Oh Freedom… Oh Freedom over me… And before I’ll be a slave I’ll be buried in my grave And go home to my Lord and be free… *** What was…
A Secret Formula
The secret sermon formula… You ever heard a powerful preacher and then take his or her preaching seminar? Some of them are pretty good… But I have to admit… Some of them…
Make Sure The Truth Cuts And Not You
We preachers have to come to terms with a few important points. First of all, everybody ain’t gonna like what you throwing down… In fact, if everybody loves all your sermons and…
Don’t Let Story Overpower
As I was working through a sermon analysis that I am sending out in the Whooping With Integrity mailing list, I was reminded again of the power of just going through the…
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…
On the Reuse of Sermons
Teresa Fry Brown hits on another important topic as she presents Charles Adams’ 9 suggestions to preachers found on page 164 and 165 of her book Weary Throats and New Songs. This one has to do with re-using sermons.