The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not “What a lovely sermon,” but, “I will do something!” – Francis de Sales The goal of preaching is not to impress people with your lovely sermons. Preach with the sole purpose of motivating people to get out of their seats and…
Good preaching is overrated. There is a ton of advice out there on how to preach a good sermon. But what if you want to preach a bad sermon? Well, don’t worry. If you want to be a bad preacher, if you want to slack off on one of the most important duties as a…
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Are you losing people when you preach? Do people check out during your sermons? After listening to thousands of sermons and preaching quite a few myself, I have learned 8 different…
Happy Friday everyone! Are you ready for the weekend? Here are a few goodies to help inspire you. Some of my favorite preaching articles this week: 6 Psychological Secrets to Public Speaking Some very interesting insights that psychology teaches us about public speaking: We follow leaders. We instantly read people. We assign meaning to body movement….
If you want to be popular, preach happiness. If you want to be unpopular, preach holiness. ~Vance Havner The goal of preaching is not to help our people be more happy.
The following is a guest post by Adam Tisdale, Pastor of North Hills Church in Meridianville, AL. Adam blogs at helpmyunbelief.wordpress.com about the intersection of his faith and cancer. Would you like to submit a guest post? Click here. When I was 16 years old and still a babe in Christ, I once remarked that I didn’t need to read…
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All preachers should know WHY they preach. It’s the Gospel. It’s Jesus taking the punishment we deserved for our sins so that we can be made pure before God. I’m assuming we all get this. However, what I think we can easily neglect when preaching is WHO is our motivation? (Obviously we could say Jesus…
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