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- 1. Why This is No Time to Preach in Neutral
- ... t in the arena of preaching as well. Every congregation needs to hear a clear word of truth and a clear call to action, both personal and corporate. It's the right and fair thing to do. Preaching with clar ...
- Created on 13 January 2021
- 2. Preachers, Don't Ignore This Ideal When Addressing a 'Different' Audience
- ... The Art of Preaching in the Twentieth Century, John R. W. Stott addresses this issue. He writes that "preaching is not exposition only but (also) communication, not just the exegesis of a text but the conveyin ...
- Created on 12 January 2021
- 3. A Retired Pastor's Thoughts on Preacher Arrogance
- ... Joe McKeever is retired from the pastorate but still active in preaching, writing and cartooning for Christian publications. He lives in Ridgeland, Mississippi. ...
- Created on 07 January 2021
- 4. How Some Preachers are Missing the Authentic Christian Gospel
- ... circles today. There are teachers, preachers, and authors who claim to be Christians, who claim to be preaching the purest and most authentic Christian gospel. Yet they have removed everything that ...
- Created on 21 December 2020
- 5. An Open Letter to Silent Pastors: Fight or Fade Away
- ... ecomes a graveyard, not an embattled army. Praise and prayer are stifled; worship is dead. The preacher and the preaching encourage sin, not holiness ... preaching which kills is prayerless preaching. ...
- Created on 19 November 2020
- 6. Spirit-Filled Preacher Asks, 'What in the World Is Going On in Our Churches?'
- As Jim Garlow rightly noted when we spoke: "There are approximately 364,000 churches in America: 72%, or 264,000 of them, are liberal, meaning they really don't care about the Bible. According to exhaustive ...
- Created on 18 November 2020
- 7. 11 Ways to Help Your Congregation Apply God's Word
- Many pastors would say the purpose of preaching is "to interpret the text" or "to help people understand God's Word." Those aren't bad reasons, but they are incomplete. The Bible says, "So Christ hi ...
- Created on 10 November 2020
- 8. 7 Questions to Ask Before Re-Preaching a Sermon to Your Local Church ...
- ... . How much have I prayed about using this sermon again? If you haven't sought God's direction about the sermon, you need to start there. Sensing God's guidance through prayer might give you confidence in re-prea ...
- Created on 09 October 2020
- 9. 10 Ways to Improve Your Online Preaching ...
- ... However, he quickly learned that he had to modify his preaching style to best connect with his church members. In today's blog, Pastor Willison will share some of the lessons he's learned and 10 ways y ...
- Created on 02 October 2020
- 10. Part 2: Does God Want Pastors to Stay Silent About Politics?
- In part one of this two-part article, I discussed five points that pastors should think about when consider whether or not to preach politics from the pulpit. I reiterate that if you're a pastor during ...
- Created on 28 September 2020
- 11. Does God Want Pastors to Stay Silent About Politics?
- ... inds us of God's promise to Abraham that "in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed" (Gen. 22:18). I realize that these examples are not exactly the same as a pastor preaching ab ...
- Created on 25 September 2020
- 12. Ministry Leaders, Has Your Message Changed Since COVID-19 Began?
- While we can't be sure of a COVID-19 vaccine delivery date or the best treatment plan start date, for most, our best guess is that we're somewhere at the mid-point of the pandemic. In the worst case, ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 13. How to Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking—And Love It
- ... inary a long time ago, I was given a choice of assignments including hospital visitation, homeless ministry or children's work in one of our mission centers. I chose street preaching in the French Quart ...
- Created on 10 September 2020
- 14. How to Unlock God's Prophecies and Promises for Your Life
- How do we unlock extraordinary prophecy and promise? Unlocking the power on "high" from within must first come from surrendering to God. The cross of Jesus deals with our past. The infilling of the ...
- Created on 08 September 2020
- 15. Wycliffe Celebrates 700th Translation of the Bible
- Wycliffe Bible Translators is celebrating as the organization announces that the Bible has now been fully translated into 700 languages. Wycliffe hailed newly translated Bibles in Mexico, Malawi and Nigeria ...
- Created on 04 September 2020
- 16. The Worst Possible Advice to Give Young Preachers
- ... need to make your points! You will be obedient, and you will be preaching the gospel. I read that and wonder how any preacher could be so far off-base, so screwed up in his thinking. He thinks his ...
- Created on 31 August 2020
- 17. Michael Brown: Spiritual, Moral, Cultural and Political Guidelines for Preachers
- ... ission. This is the center of our bullseye in preaching and teaching, and this is where we begin. As Paul famously wrote to the Corinthians, "For I determined not to know anything among you except Jes ...
- Created on 10 August 2020
- 18. Rick Warren: How to Craft a Sermon That Changes Lives
- ... ing myself, "Who is the next person God will radically change? Whose marriage will be transformed next? What is the next miracle God will do?" I don't care what you call your preaching style, but our pre ...
- Created on 29 July 2020
- 19. 11 Ministry Questions You Never Dreamed You Might Ask
- ... ary steps that hospitals (and others) have had to take, but I also want to do in-person ministry. 3. What will it be like to preach to people in masks? I'm not sure which is more challenging—preachi ...
- Created on 22 May 2020
- 20. Pastors Think They're Keeping Their Sermons Shorter—Churchgoers Disagree
- ... 3%). "Many pastors have likely been preaching shorter sermons while their churches have met virtually," said McConnell. "More than a quarter of churchgoers would prefer such shorter sermons when they ret ...
- Created on 14 May 2020
