Happy New Year! At the end of the year, I tested positive for COVID. So I’m quarantined in my house right now. And I’m totally fine. My symptoms are mild. But that’s how I’m starting my year. But can you believe it is already 2022? Many of you are like, “Yes, I can. After 2021…
What is expository preaching? If you ask around you’ll get a variety of answers and definitions. But I believe there’s a lot of misinformation. So to explain what expository preaching is, we need to understand what expository preaching is not. There are three myths that we need to dispel: 1. Expository preaching is NOT preaching…
What’s the difference between preaching and motivational speaking? A lot of what passes for preaching today is more like spiritualized motivational speaking. But preaching should be more than self-help in church clothing. So what is it that sets a sermon apart from any other speech? I believe two things are foundational to every single sermon…
In 1517 Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg church, sparking the Protestant Reformation. The first thesis was, “When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, ‘Repent’ (Mt 4:17), he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.” The Christian life is one of repentance. If you think about…
What does the Bible say about preaching? A lot. In fact, there are over 190 Bible verses that specifically mention preaching, and that isn’t including all the times that the Bible mentions things related to preaching, like teaching. For example, passages like Exodus 4:10-12, 2 Timothy 2:15, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, and James 3:1 apply to…
Thanks to you, 2018 was a monumental year for Pro Preacher. Here’s a quick recap of some of the milestones: We’ve crushed last year’s record for visitors and page views, growing nearly 50%. I launched a preaching course. Enrollment is open if you’re interested in stepping up your preaching in 2019. I published the Productive…
There’s a myth that Black Friday is the day that retail stores go from the red (losing money) to the black (making a profit). But that’s not where the name Black Friday originated. The first recorded use of the term Black Friday for the day after Thanksgiving was in the 1950s in Philadelphia. Philadelphia police called…
Do you ever feel like happiness is around the corner—that if you just get there, then you’ll finally be happy? We all do. But what happens when you get there is that you see another there to reach. Happiness is an elusive destination that humanity has sought for generations. The brilliant French thinker, Blaise Pascal, may have said it best…
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