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1. How You Can Engage an Ever-Changing Culture with a Never-Changing Gospel

... ds to an unhelpful pendulum swing in church culture. Don't Get on the Pendulum At one end of the spectrum we have "pop psychology" preaching that is intended to be appealing to the culture at large, b ...

Created on 16 July 2019

2. 2 Huge Cautions Before You Preach on Stewardship

... Joe McKeever is retired from the pastorate but still active in preaching, writing and cartooning for Christian publications. He lives in Ridgeland, Mississippi. This article originally appeared at joe ...

Created on 08 July 2019

3. Pastors, This Must Be the Main Goal of Your Preaching ...

Would you agree that preaching and teaching can make or break a church? Preaching is the most powerful tool for directing a church, for creating health, for encouraging vitality and for promoting growth. ...

Created on 03 July 2019

4. Discerning Between Cultural Cowardice and Wisdom in the Pulpit

With the advent of the so-called "culture wars" after legalized abortion in 1973 the influence of the church has rapidly diminished, with biblical values openly attacked by elites and pop culture. As a ...

Created on 19 June 2019

5. Will We Ever Stop Arguing About Women Preachers?

... sy began to swirl when popular Bible teacher Beth Moore, a Southern Baptist, mentioned in a tweet that she would be preaching at a Mother's Day church service. A group of male SBC leaders who are "complementarians"— ...

Created on 12 June 2019

6. Beth Moore Controversy Points to 65% of Southern Baptists Who Think Women Should Be Pastors

Southern Baptist rockstar author and speaker Beth Moore set off a social media firestorm recently with a single tweet. Moore, who calls herself a Bible teacher rather than a pastor or preacher, mentioned ...

Created on 11 June 2019

7. What Many Famous Word of Faith Preachers Misunderstand About Rhema Words

On a recent episode of his radio show, The Line of Fire, Dr. Michael Brown debunked a popular misconception that rhema words are when God illuminates or speaks the word to an individual. Responding to ...

Created on 31 May 2019

8. Why This Theologian Decided to Become a Storyteller

Narrative Theology: "Discourse about God in the setting of story" —Gabriel Fackre. It was because of a story that I became a Spirit-filled Christian. I was a student at Roberts Wesleyan College, having ...

Created on 01 May 2019

9. Why Your Preaching Outfit Actually Matters ...

... my thoughts on why clothing matters when we're preaching. It's an issue of contextualization. What works in one church may not work in another. The first church I pastored would not have minded if I wore  ...

Created on 04 April 2019

10. Gordon Robertson: 'I Grew Up in CBN but Didn't Know Miracles Until I Went to India'

... d do was love her in that moment." That trip awakened Robertson's passion for the Lord. Instead of going home as soon as he had planned, he stayed three weeks to go on a preaching tour in Indian village ...

Created on 21 March 2019

11. 7 Reasons Pastors Stay Silent in Our Wicked Culture

... the accounts of the apostles and others who confronted culture, wickedness and the spirit of the age? If they are preaching and teaching the Bible, they must model their lives and ministries after the p ...

Created on 06 March 2019

12. This Is the Kind of Preacher America Desperately Needs Right Now

...  to be the goal rather than calling out destructive lifestyles, which can result in revival and renewal. A.W. Tozer, in an article entitled "Prophetic Preaching," hit the nail on the head when he wrote, de ...

Created on 28 February 2019

13. Ministers, Please Stop Peddling Multilevel Marketing Products to the Church

There is a troubling church trend I have witnessed over the last couple of years: ministers of the gospel selling multilevel marketing products to the body of Christ. It's a craze that appears to be gaining ...

Created on 26 February 2019

14. Levi Lusko: What the Bible Means When It Says 'Be Fervent in Spirit'

Romans 12:10-13 urges believers, "Be devoted to one another with brotherly love; prefer one another in honor, do not be lazy in diligence, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord, rejoice in hope, be patient ...

Created on 21 February 2019

15. Why Spirit-Filled IHOP Founder Mike Bickle Used to Preach Against Charismatics

Many know Mike Bickle as the founder of the International House of Prayer, a Spirit-empowered, 24-hour prayer movement across the globe. If you listen to any of Mike's sermons, you quickly pick up on his ...

Created on 22 February 2019

16. Priscilla Shirer Teaches How to Fight the Enemy's 'Spirit of Fear' at Robert Morris' Church

Priscilla Shirer says the enemy will often use the spirit of fear to scare us away from the plans God has for our lives. Guest-teaching at Robert Morris' Gateway Church, Shirer teaches from the story ...

Created on 17 January 2019

17. Pastor, Stop Talking About Sports in Your Sermon

... creative and had his wife make up a shirt with the logos of a dozen good teams. But if I'm an Alabama fan and the pastor is preaching in an Auburn T-shirt—or vice versa—this is probably not going to be ...

Created on 28 November 2018

18. 12 Books You Should Read if You Want to Preach Better

We at Southeastern Seminary have an incredible preaching faculty, including Danny Akin, Jim Shaddix, Scott Pace, Dwayne Milioni, and Ronjour Locke. Actually, while I had good preaching professors as a ...

Created on 19 November 2018

19. The Huge Problem With Feel-Good Church

... t myself I didn't want to hear. This pastor was preaching things out of the Bible that opposed the way I was currently living my life. He said things I didn't like. He said things that made me get defens ...

Created on 17 October 2018

20. Pastor, It's Your Responsibility to Preach From This Kingdom Mindset

... Word of God as it pertains to various issues. As believers are equipped to know kingdom values and practices, they can then rightly test each political candidate by the biblical blueprint. Preaching f ...

Created on 11 October 2018