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? …
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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 …
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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 …
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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…”
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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 …
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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…
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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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Why You Must Celebrate Hard Work
There were smiles all around. Excitement and anticipation had turned to gratitude and love. We smiled as the new born simply looked up and barely moved. The whole family was …
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Is There Authority In Your Sermons?
Does your sermon have authority? Just look at the congregation and that will often tell you all you need to know. I was looking at a preacher whooping and hollering… …
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