I love this preaching quote by Martyn Lloyd-Jones.
“The work of preaching is the highest and greatest and most glorious calling to which anyone can ever be called.”
Do not underestimate the importance of your call to preach.
No matter how big or small the audience, you carry a huge responsibility as a preacher of Christ.
Yes, preaching is hard work. But there is no greater work on earth to devote your life to.
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…
Imagine if the more years you preach, the fresher you become. Instead of drifting towards being stale and predictable, your sermons become more dynamic and insightful as the years roll by. Well, that really is possible if we know how to keep fresh in our preaching. Here are three ideas I regularly use to keep…
Pastors spend a lot of time every week working hard on their sermon. They preach it. God uses it. Then, they toss it and begin work on the next one. Why are we so content with letting all that work go to waste? How can we help a sermon live beyond Sunday? Here are 10…
Charles Spurgeon is arguably one of the greatest preachers in the history of Christianity. He preached over 600 sermons before the age of 20. The collection of his recorded sermons fills 63 volumes and over 20 million words, making it the largest collection of books by a single Christian author. He once spoke to an audience of…
How do you preach without notes? I wrote earlier about some of the benefits to preaching without notes. But, as some readers mentioned, the question remains: How does a person actually go about doing this? What are the steps, tips, and tricks to preach without notes? Here are the three things you absolutely must do to…
I’ll never forget my first funeral sermons. I was a young pastor on the pastoral care rotation at a large church, and I panicked when I got the call that a young mother of three in our church had passed after a long battle with cancer. Over four hundred people would be in attendance, and…
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