This seminar was presented in January of 2010. What are the principles that you should follow in the sermon close. I hope it is a blessing to you. This includes the question…
Category: Preaching
Preaching Sacred Fire – New Book On Black Preaching Available
Martha Simmons, Frank Thomas, and a group of distinguished homiletitians have edited the definitive anthology of Black Sermons. The book is 960 pages of information and sermons important to the Black preaching…
Web Seminar Replay – Four Waves of Biblical Exegesis – Replay
This seminar was presented in May of 2009. A significant amount of our readers have not heard this seminar. So please listen to this one hour seminar that discusses how to interact…
Where’s The Beef?
I am showing my age, but I can remember a television commercial where an elderly woman looked at a hamburger that was served to her from a fast food joint and asked…
Black Preaching Myths – Is It Only For Black People?
Some have the idea that Black preaching is only for Black people. You “preach Black” when you are in front of Black people and you “preach White” while in front of our…
Black Preaching Myths – Black Preaching And Style
We are going to begin a series of posts about the myths of Black Preaching. There are a number of these that we need to clarify if we are going to understand…
Why Do You Like That Preacher?
I had a conversation with a friend of mine on great preaching. She named some media preachers whom she considered great. I then began to probe her for the reasons. It seemed…
The Shout Aint Enough
Great preaching must engage the mind. I don’t know how many times I have heard a preacher get up there and simply attempt to engage the emotions. These preachers get a shout…
Moving On
As you can see, we have not had many updates in previous months. This is due to the time requriements to keep a site such as this updated and moving forward. For…
Don’t Rush, Timing is Everything
Great preaching is more than about the transfer of knowledge, but it is about facilitating an experience with God by God’s word. To accomplish this task some attention needs to be spent…
Does Preaching Matter?
It is surprising how many preachers think that preaching really doesn’t matter much. Some think that there are other more fruitful ways to minister. They say that one on one counseling is…
What Are You Celebrating?
Here is an interesting exercise that might help you in your preaching. Take a number of your sermons. Try to find the purpose of each one. Then ask yourself, what is the…
Be You – Don’t Copy
The other day I was listening to a preacher. After about 5 minutes I realized that his presentation style, rate of speech, and sermonic structure were copied from a popular preacher. Even…
Preaching When You Dont Feel Like Preaching
How can you preach when you don’t feel like preaching? Someone asked that question a while ago. And this is a very interesting question. Let me first of all say that you…