Preach from the overflow. My homiletics instructor told us. Preach from the overflow. And I encourage you to take this to heart…
Do You Really Love Your People?
Are You Using Your Bully-Pulput You can almost always tell when a preacher is verbally beating up on a member. “Don’t send me an email that says XXXXX…” Huh? So you are…
Fear And The Pulpit
You ever been scared? Fear serves a purpose, it can actually be beneficial. It is beneficial to be scared of falling off the side of that building… So we don’t go near…
Take A Deep Dive Into The Scriptures
Before you are ready to preach a sermon. You must do a deep dive into the scripture. By a deep dive, I mean you need to know who wrote the book. You…
Are You The Problem?
“It’s their loss…” A preacher said the above on social media when asked about the multiple folks who simply left the building when they found out he was preaching that morning… His…
How to Practice…
“OK Doc…you said I need to practice…What are you talking bout?” I’m talking about preaching all the way through your sermon… From the beginning… Through the middle… All the way to the…
What Are You Preaching Next Month?
What are you preaching this week? What are you preaching next week? What are you preaching next month?
Just Put The Ball In Play
Just Keep Put The Ball In Play Yall gonna have to forgive me. I grew up watching the Kansas City Royals. My family moved from Kansas City in 1985 when they won…
Don’t Always Celebrate…But
Do you Always End In Celebration? It’s a simple answer… No… Sometimes the proper response is “what must I do to be saved.” yep… Sometimes the proper response is contemplative prayer and…
Preaching Denominational Distinctives
“I need to preach a sermon about my denominational distinctives…how am I supposed to get good news out of doctrinal preaching?” Someone asked. If you can’t get good news out of your…
What’s Wrong With My Sermon
What’s the matter with my sermon Doc? You know what. In many cases it comes down to one of three things… 1) You didn’t have a clear presentation of the good news….
Telling Your Story Doesn’t Always Work
He had a story to end his sermon… I supposed, it appeared to be a perfect story that would connect to the people and encourage them to live God’s life in a…
Doors Will Close…
Doors shut… And doors open… Yesterday I was contemplating the shutting of a door in the life of this ministry… And it kind of got me down for a moment. It was…
The Role Of Bad News In Your Sermon
Bad News… “OK, Cox you talk a lot about Good News…But my text has some bad news in it. Are you saying to ignore that?” If it is in the text, you…