I often talk about preaching to “Real People Going Through Real Issues.” I use the term “Preaching to Grandma and Dem?” Preaching to “Grandma and Dem” is an attempt to insure that…
Is the Good News Positive?
Mark 16:15 – Proclaim the Good News. One of the most common things I remind preachers of is the importance of the Good News being good. While it is true there are…
Practice Makes Perfect
The other day someone called me… “Hey Doc…I need to look at this text from a different angle…can you help me?” Well…I am a different person…so probably will hit it from a…
On Homiletic Purpose
On Homiletic Purpose What Is Your Sermon’s Objective? You are about to preach a sermon… Can you sum up the objective of the sermon in a sentence? What would your appeal be…
Apply the Sermon, or Let Someone Else Preach
Apply the sermon…. If you can’t do that… Then let someone preach who can and will… I’ve said it before, but let me say it again… Some preachers are just delivering religious…
Keep Moving Forward
I turned 51 years of age today… And Life is good… But it can be rough… Things didn’t go as I had planned always in ministry… Even this ministry…
Seeing Through The Fog
I was driving on a country road in some dense fog early one morning. I had on my head lights… But I still couldn’t see very far in front of me… But…
The Element of Preaching You Ain’t Doing
So every so often someone hits me up to help them with a text to preach… Usually these are just a quick look at the text to help folks look at the…
Two Hard Texts To Preach
There are two categories of texts that are very hard to preach. They are close to impossible to even read beyond a superficial level. The first category of texts that are very…
The Young and The Text-less
“Hey Doc, I got a sermon, can you help me find a text so that I can preach it?” A young preacher asked me through email. He was so excited. He immediately…
Bring Energy To The Pulpit
I saw a chorister lead a few hymns. And then another one… And the difference was striking… The energy from the congregation was much different between the two. The difference between the…
Importance of Preaching To Your Self
Sermon Prep can be grueling and not always a spiritual experience. So, you prayed deeply at the beginning of your sermon prep process. You asked the Lord to give you a text….
Sermon Prep in the Shower
You know what…. I have said this before… But my sermon prep happens literally… EVERYWHERE… Sometimes I am practicing the sermon while driving to work… Yep…If you drive by me, you will…