A while ago someone came up to me and said that they remembered a sermon that was preached about 7 or 8 years ago. They said that the sermon inspired them to…
Category: Preaching
How Does Congregational Response Affect Sermon Evaluation?
How does congregational response affect sermon evaluation when preachers are called of God to speak a word “in season and out of season” to the people of God? (2 Timothy 4:2) This…
Stop The Madness In Our Preaching
“God’s got a blessing for you.” Well, yeah, but what is the blessing? And are their any ethical implications of that blessing? And furthermore is that all you gonna preach every week?…
Preach Something Significant
To be honest, I have been in a very cynical mood about preaching as of late. What are we doing and why are we doing it!? Those two questions have caused me…
John Piper’s Sermon Preparation Method
John Piper has a very interesting sermon preparation method that reminds us that sermon preparation is not a science, but it is an art. You can read his article at this link….
Is The Eye Of The Needle A Gate?
Jesus said: “It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God” (Matthew 19:24). Many read this…
Solid Food Sermons Or Soda Pop And Candy?
I try to read every email that comes to SoulPreaching.Com even from those who are leaving the email list. Sometimes the reasons why they leave are simply because of having a different…
What Is an Appeal
I have not totally defined the appeal which has caused some confusion. I should have known better in that this website has many different preachers from many different traditions. So during this…
In Preaching – Use More Than One Tool
It is sometimes said, “If the only tool you have is a hammer….every problem looks like a nail.” Well we all have seen this in preaching. What am I talking about? The…
Do You Preach To The Hurting?
Our people come to us with various issues. Some of them may be waiting for a test from the doctor to come back. They don’t know what it will say but there…
In Sermons Don’t Rob The Parable Of Its Power
I often talk about the radical nature of the parables when speaking to preachers. Many times preachers hear me say that and wonder what is so radical? They see it simply as…
When It Ain’t Time To Whoop!!!
The question comes up every few months. A reader will read a couple of articles I have written on “whooping” and will either ask “Do you have to whoop?” Or will begin…
Follow Your Sermon Outline
I was critiquing a sermon for a client the other day who demonstrated a very common and real problem in his sermon construction. The preacher told me that he just couldn’t get…
Are Most Preachers Illegitimate?
Over the last couple of weeks about three or four people emailed me messages that had much in common with each other. I can summarize the messages as follows: Most preachers illegitimately…