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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
By Dr. Larry Moyer on Jun 22, 2021
Assuming the wrong things can cost us our audience. There are five dangerous assumptions in preaching. The damage they do may vary, but the fact that they are costly does not.
Scripture: 1 John 4:1-7
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By Sherman Haywood Cox on Jan 7, 2023
Many sermons sound inspiring yet leave out the cross and the coming kingdom. When preaching mimics self-help, it loses the gospel’s power and eternal focus.
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5, Luke 9:23, Galatians 6:14, Matthew 6:19-21
Tags: Pastoral Ministry
By Karl Vaters on Jun 5, 2024
"Preaching the Word, training disciples and ministering to the community may or may not increase the number of people who sit in front of me from Sunday to Sunday. But it will produce a healthy church."
Tags: Church Growth, Surrender, Healthy Church, God's Church, God in control, pastoral leadership, call to discipleship, church leadership (view more) (view less)
By Gavin Ortlund on Apr 29, 2022
Leadership is hard. I rank it up there with pain, parenting, and preaching as one of those things in life that we never fully master, but only hope to keep learning over a lifetime.
Scripture: John 13:15-16, John 16:12
Tags: Teamwork, Leadership General, servant leadership, Jesus' leadership
By Charles Stone on Nov 22, 2019
Three factors have made the biggest positive difference for me: preparing my heart before the Lord, scheduling adequate study time to avoid feeling rushed and practicing preaching my sermon.
Scripture: Mark 15:27-40
Tags: prep routine, preaching, Study, Preaching, prepare, routine (view more) (view less)
By SermonCentral .com on Sep 10, 2025
I've been preaching for 30 years. At some point I have to run out of things to say, right? Actually, at hundreds of points I have run out of things to say!
Tags: Preaching, Devotional Life, preacher's block, body clock, preaching (view more) (view less)
By John Mcclure on Jun 26, 2020
Many sermons lose momentum before they ever begin. These common sermon “wind-ups” drain energy, bury the message, and delay clarity, often by several unnecessary minutes.
Scripture: Acts 13:1-17, Acts 12:1-14, Nehemiah 8:8, 2 Timothy 4:2, 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 (view more) (view less)
Tags: Preaching, Expository Preaching, preaching, expository preaching
By Haddon Robinson on May 28, 2020
Weekly preaching can feel creatively exhausting. Learn a two-phase approach, practical rhythms, and daily habits that keep your sermons biblical, fresh, and deeply fed all from Haddon Robinson.
Scripture: Luke 6:39-45, John 16:8-11
Tags: Love, Church, Preaching, Prayer, dedication, preparation, prepare, Homiletics, Result, Time, length, Leadership General, Pastoral Ministry, Expository Preaching, Sermon Preparation, preaching, church, expository preaching, love, sermon preparation (view more) (view less)
By Trevin Wax on Mar 26, 2020
Pastors, don’t underestimate the cumulative effect of your preaching. You are not dumping information into brains. You are forming the habits of your people, teaching them how to read and understand and apply the Bible for themselves.
Tags: New life, church leadership, Church Leadership
By Leslie Holmes on Sep 3, 2025
"Bob Easley may not have gone beyond sixth grade, but he taught this quasi-educated preacher that there's a lot more to be learned about preaching than I ever got inside a book."
Scripture: Job 1:1-10
Tags: people, Preaching, Text, exegete, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Brian Croft on Nov 2, 2023
Does church attendance really matter? Here are five important reasons why it is essential that every Christian gather with other Christians in the same local church weekly to hear the preaching of God’s Word.
Scripture: Romans 10:17, Hebrews 10:25, Hebrews 13:17
Tags: Community, Discipleship, Church Attendance, church membership, Christian community, Growing in Faith, Connected, Covenant Community, community, church attendance (view more) (view less)
By Ben Mandrell on Apr 18, 2025
If the "preacher population" is shrinking, perhaps you have a role to play that could impact generations to come.
Scripture: John 15:15
Tags: Preaching, preaching
By Kevin Deyoung on May 14, 2020
Kevin DeYoung: "Many churches could stand to think more carefully about their theology of God and country."
By SermonCentral .com on Feb 12, 2019
Right now, there’s no one to stop you from sharing the gospel in great ways and distributing it to millions of people.
By David J. Lose on Dec 26, 2022
Why is there an Advent passage about John and his doubts? Turns out there are plenty of good reasons.
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