New Book Available Now! The Essential Guide to Sermon Prep

If you battle the weekly grind of sermon prep, this book is for you!

Preaching Nuts & Bolts: The Essential Guide to Sermon Prep is a practical guide to getting better at the art of sermon preparation.

This 100+ page eBook is a quick read, jam-packed with practical advice from some of my best articles (revised and updated), plus additional content you won’t find anywhere else.

You will learn:

• How to write a compelling message from the ground up
• What it takes to be a successful preacher
• The 7 Step Sermon Prep method in full detail
• How to get sermons written months in advance
• How to build a massive database of nothing but the best illustrations
• And much more…

A Few Quotes:

“Preaching is so much more than eloquent words and a crafted presentation.”

“Preaching is 50% physical and 50% spiritual. Good preaching requires an equal dose of preparation and dependence upon the Holy Spirit.”

“You can tell a pastor who spends time with people by the stories he shares.”

“When you preach to one, you impact everyone. When you to preach to everyone, you impact no one.”

“The irony of neglecting prayer because we are too busy is that prayer is actually the best way to handle our busyness.”

“Any man who ever hopes to accomplished anything great for God must begin on his knees.”

“Most preachers preach like a light bulb. They shine their ideas every which way and illuminate as much as possible. But the best preachers preach like a laser.”

“The greatest reason you should tell stories is because Jesus told stories.”

“You will never preach a perfect sermon, but you do have a perfect God who will use your imperfect message to accomplish His perfect mission.”

“Every message matters. Every sermon makes a difference, even if we don’t see the impact immediately.”

3 Formats For Convenience

When you purchase this eBook, you will download a .zip file containing three different formats of the book so that you can read it on any of your favorite devices.

• .mobi for Kindle
• .ePub for iBooks
• .PDF for anything else

This might just be the game-changer your preaching needs.

All this for only $10. (Less than you might spend on lunch.)

Look Inside: Read the Introduction

When I first felt called to ministry, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I had never preached a sermon in my life. I never had a mentor walk me through the process. In fact, I was scared to death of public speaking.

So I argued with God. I begged Him to let me do anything but preach. The thought of having to preach in front of a crowd every single week terrified me. But God didn’t relent.

I went to a Bible college. I thought, “Surely, Bible college will teach me how to preach!” I applied myself. I graduated with honors with a ministry degree. But sadly, I was only forced to preach two times in the entire 4 years I was there. Since I was scared, I didn’t go out of my way to seek preaching opportunities like I should have.

Suddenly, I found myself in my first job as a youth pastor. I immediately had to preach at least once a week. PANIC!

Bible college did not prepare me for this. What should I do? My first attempts at sermons (if you could even call it that) were horrendous. I stood in front of my notes, shaking while reading the message word for word.

This is not what I got into ministry for! I needed to get better.

So I hit the books. I read every book on preaching I could get my hands on. The books were ok, but mostly theoretical. So I asked a lot of pastors a lot of questions and started listening to as many good preachers as I could find. Finally, I started getting some practical advice.

Slowly, I started to get better with each message.

This little book is the kind of resource I wish I had way back when I was first called to ministry. There were definitely solid books on preaching, but most lacked the practical tips I needed. I knew why I preached and what to preach. What I didn’t know was how to preach.

I needed short, practical tips to get me started in the right direction.

Writing a sermon is not as complicated as it may seem. My hope is that this book will save you from the same panic attacks I had.

However, if you are a well-seasoned preacher, don’t think this book isn’t for you. It never hurts to get back to the basics. Writing this book has been just as helpful for me in reminding me of areas I, myself, have strayed from.

Thanks for taking the time to read this book. I cannot help but think your preaching will be better for it.