What is more difficult? Being a preacher or a Bible Scholar? Which do you think is harder? Which takes more work?
Reading The Text 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…
Preach Too Long?
Thou Shalt Not Preach Too Long. Yeah….you don’t believe me… Yeah…you mad at me… Yeah…you say God told you to preach 4 hours and you gonna follow God… OK…that’s cool… But you…
Are You Ready?
Are you ready? You know what I’m talking bout… You should always have a sermon ready to preach. “Hey Doc, I’m gonna put you on the program.” Years ago one of my…
Inspiration is Coming
Are you Ready for Inspiration? You know what? The best sermonic ideas are not when you are sitting down trying to come up with them… Yes you should study… Yes you should…
Evaluate a Sermon Outline Part 1
What up preachers… You ready to preach this weekend? I hope you are putting the finishing touches on your sermon and not just now starting… At any rate, let’s get on beginning…
Where is Your Church?
Charleston SC is certainly a wake up call to the nation… We see Neo-Nazis and member of the KKK and other white nationalist groups seeking to reclaim their supremacy from what they…
Preach Like They Sang
I love listening to the songs of the Freedom Movement… You know where they followed the African American Slaves and took songs from the past and altered them to speak to them…
Show Your Work
Do you show your work in your preaching? OK… I’m trying to think through this…so bear with me… What you talkign bout Cox? OK…let me try this… How do your people know…
Grab The Hymnal
You know what is one of the greatest tools for preacher? I know you have heard me say it before…And I am on a music kick right now…. but I gotta say…….
Preaching From the Overflow
Preach from the overflow. My homiletics instructor told us. Preach from the overflow. And I encourage you to take this to heart… Always go for depth. Whether it be in your exegesis……
No Fake Celebration
OK, folks, I’m fixing to put a stake in the ground that is gonna anger some of yall…Forgive me, but I gotta do it… When you present the truth of the Gospel…
Are You a Bully?
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…
Simple Sermon Construction Method
In the Facebook Group someone wanted a basic sermon construction formula. This is not the end all be all and hopefully you will move on from this to a full homiletic, but…