I just finished reading Creature of the Word: The Jesus-Centered Church by Matt Candler, Eric Geiger, and Josh Patterson. It is a solid overview of how the Gospel should shape and influence everything in the church from how we think, preach, worship, serve, do children and student ministry, and more. Although most pastors would agree that Jesus…
Are you looking for sermon illustrations? Most pastors are always looking for new illustrations that preach well. If you Google sermon illustrations, you will find thousands of them. But, lets be honest, most of these illustrations are crap. They are old, outdated, and probably won’t connect with your audience. So what is a pastor to…
What do you do when you have a desire to preach, but cannot seem to find an opportunity? What do you do while you are stuck waiting in the wings for your shot? Maybe your senior pastor preaches almost every Sunday and brings in guest preachers when he doesn’t, the youth pastor you volunteer with…
Have you ever used an illustration you loved that fell flat when you preached it? I know I have. So why do some illustrations connect, while others fall short? Here is what I have discovered: The best sermon illustrations are found on common ground between the speaker and the audience. When you speak about something…
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 his cancer. “Man plans, God laughs” (Yiddish Proverb) I’m not preaching this week, but that wasn’t my original plan. And I tend to love my plans. I wonder if God laughs at…
I am a student of preaching. I will never arrive. I will be a lifelong learner. Because of this, I like sharing some of the preaching articles that I read around the internet. I share articles every day on Twitter and Facebook. But I have realized that many people don’t read everything I tweet. And…
The following is a guest post by Matt Maiberger. He is a youth ministry veteran of over 16 years in small, medium, and mega churches. For more from Matt, head over to Youth Speaker’s Coach. Many youth pastors and speakers are careful to study and prepare their content well. Some even take the time to…
I have tried many different ways to track prayer requests and who I need to pray for. I have kept a hand-written prayer journal, an excel spreadsheet, an Evernote note, and shamefully even just tried to keep it all in my head. But I have never quite found the perfect solution. Well, there is a…
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