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1. Never Waste Your Sermon: 6 Ways to Repurpose Your God-Given Message: ... to leave church on Sunday believing there is still more to come of the results from your preaching, even after the lights are turned off and the doors locked. I think we should never waste a good sermon. ...; Created on 05 June 2017
2. This Is Why Your Congregation Keeps Getting Distracted During Your Sermon: ... this and up your game. To avoid some common mistakes that lead to boring sermons check out this article on five easy steps to put people to sleep with your preaching. The difference between effective ...; Created on 22 May 2017
3. 5 Must-Do's for Your Mother's Day Sermon: ... m-seen husbands, fathers and sons show up believing that church is for women, and we reinforce their stereotype by decorating the stage with flowers and frilly stuff, and preaching on the virtues of moth ...; Created on 12 May 2017
4. Research Reveals How Your Congregation Wants You to Talk About Politics: Faith and politics have a complicated relationship in the United States. Many Americans want religious leaders to be clear about their values and how those values impact every aspect of life, including ...; Created on 05 May 2017
5. This May Be the Cheapest Kind of preaching: ... ts about what was about to happen. Later, as Grandma and I walked down those dark streets to her apartment, every plane going over seemed ready to drop an atomic bomb on us. Scary preaching is foreign ...; Created on 28 April 2017
6. Balanced Principles for Using Pop Culture to Connect People to Jesus: ... to preaching about pop culture, it's only fitting that the things people are thinking and talking about every day become avenues for pointing them toward the gospel. As for the question of whether we should invol ...; Created on 27 April 2017
7. preaching That Locks Your Listeners In: To preach in a way that connects with your hearers, I encourage you to do four things: 1. Enter Their World Preachers who engage their listeners consider what their world looks like. Jesus did that. Preaching ...; Created on 31 March 2017
8. Why You Can't Lead God's People by Example Only: ... their communication skills. If you have a heart to lead (meaning calling and compassion), you must be committed to continually upgrading your communication. This includes teaching, preaching, writing, bl ...; Created on 27 March 2017
9. Practical Tips for Snagging Your Listeners' Undivided Attention: This is part 2 of a two-part series. As somebody who has been preaching and teaching the gospel since 1978, I have seen the "good, the bad and the ugly" when it comes to presenting the gospel of Chris ...; Created on 13 March 2017
10. This Might Be Why Your Listeners Are Falling Asleep: As somebody who has been preaching and teaching the gospel since 1978, I have seen the "good, the bad and the ugly" when it comes to presenting the gospel of Christ (both in others and myself). After bein ...; Created on 03 March 2017
11. 8 Spirit-Directed Steps to Get Your Listeners to Jump Out of Their Seats: ... to pray with you. 2. Get some unchurched people in the seats. It doesn't do any good to preach a great gospel message and altar call if you're preaching to the choir. You need people who aren't yet in a relati ...; Created on 02 March 2017
12. What Every Pastor Should Keep in Mind When preaching the Hard Truths: We who preach are called to preach everything, the "whole counsel of God." And that means talking about human sinfulness and depravity even as we're preaching about victory and triumph. Remember the passa ...; Created on 28 February 2017
13. 4 Terrible Ways to Close a Sermon: ... he landing: Preaching professors wisely point this out to students. Why then do our conclusions often feel like we are crash-landing in the Potomac River? Several of my sermons have started strong and finis ...; Created on 10 February 2017
14. Kingdom Influence: A Challenge to Young Pastors and Leaders: What a difference one phone call can make. Just over a year ago, I was invited to a listening session with then-candidate Donald J. Trump, along with several other very prominent evangelical leaders. Never ...; Created on 07 February 2017
15. A Three-Tiered Approach to Christian Worldview preaching: ... This is worldview preaching—preaching that works to supplant secular worldviews and the replace them with the Christian worldview. In our post-Christian culture, many of our hearers have to be taught that ...; Created on 01 February 2017
16. Tackling the Burden and Fear of Handling the Word of God: ... burden from time to time has been playing at the business of preaching. Well, either that, or delivering someone else's sermons. Lives hang in the balance. People who hear the Word and believe may live ...; Created on 25 January 2017
17. 6 Reasons to Consider Avoiding Cute Sermon Series Titles: ... t. Again, am I saying you shouldn't have a memorable sermon series title? No. Am I saying you should avoid all pop culture references in your preaching? No. Every church is different, and every congregation ...; Created on 25 January 2017
18. 10 Reasons for Pollution in the Pulpit Today: ... one of the most common reasons for pollution in the pulpit today. 9. The Bible is not the primary source for preaching. When a spiritual leader rarely cracks open the Bible and only fills themselves with newspa ...; Created on 20 January 2017
19. What to Do When There Is No Pastor to Fill Your Church's Pulpit: ... in the absence of a pastor? This issue is again one of capacity. The pastoral vacancy means that someone not only has to take care of the preaching, but others have to take care of all the other responsibilitie ...; Created on 19 January 2017
20. 8 Reasons Some Full-Time Pastors and Staff Should Go Bi-Vocational: ... More churches are moving toward multiple teaching/preaching pastors. What was once common in large churches is now becoming increasingly common in medium and small churches. Many of these teaching pastor ...; Created on 18 January 2017

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