This week the Rocket Company held the 2014 Preach Better Sermons online conference. There was a ton of great content. Here are some of my notes from each speaker. Judah Smith What makes the good news so good is that we are so bad. Always ask: What is the message because of the cross? If…
Are you looking for the best Easter videos to add a little something extra to your church’s Easter services? Most churches don’t have the budget to hire someone to create videos for them. Fortunately, there are a lot of great companies now that make high-quality videos for churches. Some of them are a little expensive,…
Easter Sunday is like the Superbowl of preaching. This may be your largest attended service of the year. Statistically, people are more open to visiting a church on Easter (and Christmas) than any other time of year. Because of this, your Easter sermon is infinitely important. The eternal destination of many people in attendance is…
A while back I visited a church in my area (I love sitting in on other churches to observe and learn). The pastor was a great preacher. His sermon was engaging, clear, and spot on. However, I walked away feeling a little uneasy. This may be a personal preference. I am not saying the way…
Did you know that for musical arrangements, composers write more than just the notes to be played? They also write the strength with which each note should be performed. These markings are referred to as the “dynamics” of music. A composer might write a pp, meaning pianissimo or “very soft,” or a ff, meaning fortissimo…
One of my daughter’s favorite TV shows is a PBS show called Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. It is a modern spin-off of the classic Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. When my daughter first started watching it, I didn’t think much of it. But then something amazing happened. She began singing these little rhymes in different situations to help her make…
A Stanford University study in 1990 discovered a principle that deeply affects all of our communication. The psychology experiment, led by a grad student named Elizabeth Newton, assigned groups of two people to play a simple game. One person would be the tapper. The other would be the listener. The tapper was asked to pick a simple…
You walk into the hall after church. A young man bounces up to you and starts talking like he has known you forever. He looks familiar, but you can’t remember his name to save your life. Sound familiar? Remembering names is hard! If half the people in your church knew your dirty little secret –…
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