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.
Learning how to preach can be scary. Very few people are excited by the idea of standing before a crowd of people, with all eyes on them, to deliver a thirty-minute or longer sermon. Public speaking was always on the top of my list of greatest fears—just below death, spiders, and talking to girls. It’s…
I am a preacher. I am a messenger of the most high God – an ambassador of the Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:20) I am a herald of the greatest story ever told and the best news ever received. (1 Corinthians 15:1-4) I am a sinner, saved by grace – not through my works,…
I am studying this week for a Mother’s Day Sermon I will be preaching.When I start the message prep process, I always begin with prayer and then find a text in the Bible that I will preach. Since I am preaching on Mother’s Day, I did a study on all the passages of scripture that I…
It’s Christmas time again. And every year pastors have the task to create yet another great Christmas sermon. But after many years of preaching the same message, you can get repetitive. The message every year should remain the same, but you need a bit of a creative twist on the way you present it every…
If you wanted to write the great American novel, you’d probably read a lot of Hemmingway or Twain. If you wanted to be a great painter, you’d study the masterpieces of Rembrandt or Picasso. And if you want to be a great preacher, it’s no different: you’ll study the masters. As I continue to grow…
“Will you perform our wedding?” Few questions bring a greater sense of honor and anxiety wrapped into one. As a pastor for ten years, I’ve performed my share of weddings, and I still get a bit nervous. So if you’ve never done it before, it’s incredibly intimidating. So how do you perform a wedding? Here’s…
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