By Carey Nieuwhof on May 9, 2024
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"I recently surveyed 1400 small and mid-sized church pastors to find out what they struggle with most as their church grows. They overwhelmingly identified developing leaders as their top challenge."
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By Don Ballard on Jul 24, 2024
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How can pastors apply Stephen Covey's principle, 'Begin With the End in Mind', to the area of preaching and teaching the Bible?
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By Bob Hostetler on Jan 12, 2025
A practical guide outlining 13 common preaching mistakes, with tips to avoid them and deliver sermons that are clear, Christ-centered, and spiritually nourishing.
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By Joe Mckeever on Jul 17, 2022
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When a pastor stands to preach, he never knows who is listening to him. And if his sermon is recorded or broadcast, he has no clue who will be hearing his words. He will do well to make sure he knows what he’s talking about.
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By Josh Reich on Oct 16, 2022
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8 questions to ask as you prepare to preach your next sermon.
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By Lance Witt on Sep 23, 2022
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“Everything worthwhile is uphill. Everything that is valuable, you have to work for. No one ever coasted their way to success. Most people have uphill hopes but have downhill habits.”
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By Rick Ezell on Nov 2, 2021
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You may be the most skilled preacher and your church may have excellent small groups or the best children’s ministry in the city, but your first-time guests will never know unless they make a second or third visit.
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By John Gilman Ii on Jun 20, 2024
It’s tempting to waive the white flag, to throw your hands up in surrender, to the summer slump. Many churches simply resign their efforts and re-appropriate them in the fall. First on the chopping block of suspended ministries are groups.
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By Peter Mead on Mar 4, 2021
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In the path of the preacher there are many landmines – hidden explosives that can do untold damage to your ministry. Whether you’ve been preaching for a couple of years or for half a century, why not take some time to prayerfully work through this list?
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By Thomas C. Brown on Jul 10, 2022
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| 13,665 views
Greater is the value of personal intimacy with God than busyness for him. Service must follow surrender and solitude.
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By Karl Vaters on Aug 30, 2022
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We're often told that small churches are failing at church growth. But sometimes church growth ideas are failing in smaller churches.
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By Brandon Kelley on Oct 30, 2022
"Sermon prep and sermon writing can be hard. Often times, it can even be painful. Anything seems better to be doing when we get stuck in a sermon prep and writing rut. But we all know that the work is worth it. The pain is worth it. The plodding is worth it."
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By Hal Seed on Nov 10, 2022
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I believe every pastor ought to be a prayer warrior.
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By Joe Mckeever on Jul 30, 2020
A candid walk through sermon preparation, showing how prayer, Bible study, reflection, and disciplined refinement shape faithful and Spirit-led preaching.
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By Joe Hoagland on Jul 27, 2022
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People love to tell you that preaching is irrelevant in this day and age. But contrary to this kind of thinking, good preaching does remain important. In fact, preaching remains as important as it has ever been.
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