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Solving Real Problems in Sermons

Posted on June 22, 2015

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…

Celebration: Can We Overdo It?

Posted on May 29, 2015

To begin with, I want to assert that celebration is a good thing, but can too much of a good thing become a bad thing?

Practical or Doctrinal Sermons?

Posted on May 19, 2015

The Biblical Preaching Blog has a post up that decries how some seek to break the practical from the theological in sermons. He tells the story of a preacher who said: I…

Ending With the Cross?

Posted on April 25, 2015

One of the most common questions I receive on any subject is “Should you always close your sermon with the cross?” This is a good question that requires some explanation in the…

The Spiritual Battle in the Pulpit

Posted on April 2, 2015

Peter Mead, of the Biblical Preaching blog, is starting a series of posts on Spiritual Warfare and the Preacher. You can find his first entry at this link.

In this post Mead provides three things that Satan uses to battle preachers. These are:

  • Pride
  • The Sin that easily besets us
  • Distraction

Not Giving One’s Best

On the Reuse of Sermons

Posted on November 16, 2014

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.

Trusting Your Stuff: How to Know When Your Sermon is Ready

Posted on September 4, 2014

One question that often comes up is “When is my sermon ready to preach?” This is not an easy question to answer for a few reasons. One reason it is difficult is because some preachers never spend enough time in preparation. They allow the demands of ministry to overpower their need to preach effective sermons.

Don’t Commentate….Preach!

Posted on September 2, 2014

A while ago, Peter Mead ran a series on his helpful website on the subject of “Preaching Epistles.” People ask me to bring different perspectives, so here is one that I read…

The Black Tradition – Freedom is at It’s Core

Posted on August 28, 2014


Oh Freedom, Oh Freedom,
Oh Freedom Over Me
And Before I’d Be a Slave
I’d Be Burried in my Grave
And Go Home to my Lord and be Free

Increase in Sermon Intensity not Yelling

Posted on August 19, 2014

In my post discussing Jasper William’s Whooping System, I wrote about the whooping Curve. This is an increase in intensity that subsides slightly as you enter the whoop and then grows again to the final climax.

Preaching Blessing At the Wrong Time

Posted on August 13, 2014

Blessings are great. We all want to be blessed. But, Proverbs 27:14 reminds us that it is not always the right time for even a blessing. In our text the sleeping may…

How to Use Another Person’s Sermon

Posted on June 25, 2014

Ok. You have less than a day. You have waited until it is very late. At this point you have a few options and none of them are good.

Are You Serving Slop In the Pulpit?

Posted on June 21, 2014

I was talking to a fellow preacher the other day about the difficulties and challenges of preaching sermons that both touch the people as well as sits under the smile of God….

Bringing Worlds Together in the Sermon

Posted on June 11, 2014

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