In 1959, the legendary Vince Lombardi, was hired to be the head coach of the Green Bay Packers with the difficult task of turning around a losing franchise. The legend goes that after a miserable showing, the players gathered in the locker room in silence waiting for Lombardi to enter and give them the verbal…
Have you ever bombed a sermon? I definitely have more times than I want to remember. The thing I find to be true is that most of the time when I preach bad it was because I didn’t prepare properly: I got too busy during the week and didn’t put the time in. I cut…
The fiery preacher burned with the wrath of God against the wickedness of the sinners before him. He rebuked his people. He condemned their wicked ways. The congregation left church that day heads hung low with the full weight of guilt and shame on their backs. Once again they had fallen short of God’s perfect…
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.
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