Easter services are one of the highest attendance days of the year for most churches. It’s the big event—the church’s equivalent to the NCAA Basketball National Championship Game. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people will trust their time to your church. We often celebrate the number of people who come, but that’s not the real indicator…
Sermon writing is similar to building a house. There are 7 stages that a sermon needs to go through from start to finish. Let’s recap. The first five steps are: Step 1: Pray – Connect to the power source. Step 2: Scripture – Lay the foundation. Step 3: Big Idea – Build the frame. Step 4: Illustrations…
It’s Monday morning. You sit at your desk with the pressure to come up with yet another amazing sermon. Being a pastor is hard. You are expected to hit the ball out of the park every Sunday. And have you noticed how frequently Sunday comes? [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”…
Where does your inspiration come from? When coming up with ideas for your next message who do you listen to? When writing your next sermon, what is your first step? A lesson from Joshua. When Joshua led the Israelites across the Jordan River and set up camp outside the city of Jericho, he encountered a…
The goal of this blog is simple. I want to help you become a better preacher. Why? Because if you are anything like me, you are passionate about becoming a better preacher yourself. I deeply believe that preaching is the most important job of a pastor. As a pastor, you are a steward of the…
One of my daughter’s favorite TV shows is a PBS show called Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. It is a modern spin-off of the classic Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. When my daughter first started watching it, I didn’t think much of it. But then something amazing happened. She began singing these little rhymes in different situations to help her make…
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