You don’t have to yell when you preach, but you can increase intensity… What? Increase intensity but not yelling? What are you talking about? OK, sit down for a moment and let’s…
Tactics Don’t Replace Power
Exegesis, you better do it. But it don’t replace power… Solid Sermon Construction. Check. We need that, but it don’t replace power… Great Presentation. That’s what a lot of people remember. But…
Should We Prepare Or Pray?
A preacher angrily told me, “What you are doing is useless.” In a second I tried to bring to mind what he was talking about. Was it my television watching? Was it…
Sermon Prep In the Car?
I was driving in my car preparing a sermon… OK, I need to explain. I often practice preaching in the car on my commute. I will take one or more points from…
The Two Hardest Texts To Interpret
There are two kinds of texts that are the hardest to exegete. The first are those that you have read so often, you think you already know what it is about. The…
Don’t Preach Nobody To Hell If You Ain’t Telling them How to Get To Heaven
You ever heard a sermon like this? “You ain’t doing this… You ain’t doing that… You better straighten up… Let’s have the benediction…”
Does God Set You Aside So God Can Preach?
I know what you are saying, but I don’t like the terminology, “Lord set me aside as I preach…” I understand…you are want the people to see God’s glory and not our…
You Are Where You Need To Be
God got you… Where you need to be… Do you believe it? Well then repeat it with me and say it like you mean it… God got you…
Are You Ready?
I was a member of a church of about 50. We didn’t have a full time pastor so the head elder scheduled the elders to preach. One week..I showed up and you…
Is Your Good News Stronger Than Your Bad News?
If the good news is good…then why are you preaching the bad One of the common critiques of Christians is that we become experts at what folks are doing wrong. Someone says…
Do You Care About The People?
Do you love the people in the pew? Do you even care about them? They know whether you do or not. They may shout at your whoop. They may wait around after…
Be Ready
I was a member of a church of about 50. We didn’t have a full time pastor so the head elder scheduled the elders to preach. One week..I showed up and you…
Close With Power…How Do You?
How to make sure you close with power? OK…this question came in. Wow can you ensure you close your sermon with power. You got at least two options…(OK…you got more…but I only…
Preach Just One Sermon
Preach One Sermon. “You got a sermon you working on?” A pastor asked a ministerial student during the intermission between sunday school and the worship hour. “Yes sir…I am thinking about this…