After months of hard work, I am excited to announce that the very first Pro Preacher eBook, Preaching Nuts & Bolts: The Essential Guide to Sermon Prep, is almost here! The cover art is done and the final edits are being made! This book is a culmination of some of my best articles (updated, edited…
I wrote earlier this week about how preachers can misuse the Bible, and I found this great quote that I absolutely had share with all of you: “The teacher’s temptation is to use the Scripture like a drunk uses a street light: more for support than illumination.” –unknown Do you use the Bible in your…
Are you guilty of bad sermon math? No, I’m not talking about actual math. By sermon math I mean applying some form of change on the scripture you preach. Let me explain what I mean. There are four types of sermon math that will get you in trouble every time. + Addition Addition happens in…
Is your preaching Jesus-centered? Charles Spurgeon once said about his preaching, “Whatever subject I preach, I do not stop until I reach the Savior, the Lord Jesus, for in Him are all things.” If your sermon never points to Jesus it’s not sermon; it’s just a talk. It is incomplete. Many pastors stand before a…
A sermon is NOT… A condemnation of sinners. A lecture. A motivational speech. A dissertation. A shouting match. A comedy show. A self-help coaching session. A commentary on the Bible. A history lesson. A performance. A way to push a political agenda. A way to impress people. A way to show off your awesomeness. A…
“A sermon is not made with an eye upon the sermon, but with both eyes upon the people and all the heart upon God.” – John Owen the best way to write a sermon is not focusing on the words on your computer screen. The best way to write a sermon is to focus…
The following is a guest post by J.T. Bean, Lead Pastor at Trinity United Methodist Church in Swanton, Ohio. J.T. is part of a unique 12-member team of pastors that oversees seven UMC churches in northwest Ohio. The team website is www.umcteam1.org. There is one action that has the potential to improve your preaching skills more…
What is the most distracting thing that has ever happened to you while preaching? For me it was when I was a youth pastor at a church in New Mexico. I was preaching to a group of high school students. In the middle of my message, a boy stood up, jumped onto his chair and…
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