“A prepared messenger is more important than a prepared message.” – Robert Munger This preaching quote hits home. How many times have I worked my tail off to prepare a message, but failed to prepare myself? Before we ever prepare our sermons, we need to look in the mirror and make sure we are prepared…
I am a preacher. I am a messenger of the most high God – an ambassador of the Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:20) I am a herald of the greatest story ever told and the best news ever received. (1 Corinthians 15:1-4) I am a sinner, saved by grace – not through my works,…
Like it or not, preaching is affected by far more than just your words. The best preachers don’t just preach with their lips, but with their whole body. A study by Dr. Albert Mehrabian, author of Nonverbal Communication, found that 55% of communication is body language. This means that when a speaker’s words and body…
Ouch! This quote hurts. “If Jesus preached the same message ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified.” –Leonard Ravenhill Do you agree? This is certainly not true for every pastor. However, I’m afraid this may be true with a lot of the self-help, prosperity preaching today. If Jesus never said anything controversial, if…
The pretty pink princess, my four-year-old daughter, was playing on the living room floor. In meticulous fashion, she was placing her dolls in her doll house, each in a different room for the big imaginary party. But then came little brother. My 11 month-old boy, who we affectionately call “the bruiser,” came barreling in like…
I love this quote from The Preacher: His Life and Work by J.H. Jowett “I have a conviction that no sermon is ready for preaching, not ready for writing out, until we can express its theme in a short, pregnant sentence as clear as a crystal. I find the getting of that sentence is the…
I recently finished reading Secrets of Dynamic Communication by Ken Davis. Ken Davis is a phenomenal speaker. And if you haven’t seen his part comedy, part motivational speech Fully Alive, you are missing out. It is one of the best works of Christian comedy I have ever seen. I don’t say this lightly. Ken is seriously…
The following is a guest post by Nathan Lee Moon. Nathan is young man who feels called to preach. He serves as the men’s ministry leader for Campus Crusade for Christ, Whitewater, WI. For more from Nathan you can check out his blog. This is how I feel every single day: O LORD, thou hast…
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