In Preaching Articles: "Gods dwelling place"

How Does A Pastor Fight Through The Preaching Hangover

By Brian Croft on Sep 6, 2023

You may call it something different, but every pastor knows about it. It is the mental, emotional, and spiritual crash that takes place the next day (Monday) as a result of pouring your heart and soul out in the proclamation of God’s word to God’s people the day before.

Tags: Preaching, Silence, Rest, intimacy with Christ, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

7 Ways To Tell If It's A God Thing

By Ron Edmondson on Apr 3, 2023

Ron Edmondson: "God calls people to seemingly impossible tasks. It gives Him glory when I can’t do something, but He can."

Scripture: Hebrews 11:6

Tags: Faith, Ministry, Prayer, opportunity, ministry  (view more)  (view less)

Preaching: God's Gift To Our Personal Growth

By SermonCentral .com on Nov 2, 2019

God has inspired His word in such a way that it shapes us, molds us and forms us as we hear it taught and expounded.

Tags: Gift, Preaching, Personal Growth, boring preaching

Let's Stop Saying "Yeah, But . . ." To God's Grace

By SermonCentral .com on Sep 10, 2019

"Sit on your ‘but’ and let grace stand alone," says Karl Vaters.

Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-21

Tags: Preaching

The First Lesson God Ever Taught Me

By Joe Mckeever on Jan 22, 2021

It was December 1961, the Christmas season. Margaret Henderson and I would be married five months later and then spend 52 years together serving the Lord. We had no idea all the Lord had in store for us, of course. The one thing we knew and wanted with all our hearts was that God was leading us and would use us.

Tags: Preaching, preaching

Does Your Preaching Include The Freedom Of The Spirit?

By David J. Lose on Aug 24, 2021

This week, remind your people that we are free. And remind them that we are aided by God's powerful Spirit who will take us places we'd never imagined.

Scripture: John 19:26-27

Tags: Spirit, Freedom, free, Power, Preaching, Free, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

Preaching The Power Of The Person Of Christ

By Peter Mead on Sep 12, 2020

If the God in our sights is benign, our preaching will be the same.

Tags: Love, Preaching, Prosperity, redemption, God's Kingdom, Kingdom of God, kingdom of God  (view more)  (view less)

Thinking About Expository Preaching—part 3

By Ed Stetzer on Mar 16, 2022

A look at the place of thematic, narrative, and topical preaching.

Scripture: Matthew 4:23

Tags: Teaching, Preaching, Expository, preaching, teaching, expository  (view more)  (view less)

John Piper: God Doesn't Take Risks

By John Piper on Mar 20, 2025

"It is hard to exaggerate how important it is for the mission of the church...to have a fully biblical vision of the greatness and the sovereignty and the glory of God."

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:31, 1 Corinthians 15:31

Tags: Preaching, Risk, preaching

Why Do The Psalms Cry Out To God For Vengeance?

By Walter Brueggemann on Apr 7, 2023

The Bible doesn't look the other way when it comes to raw human emotion. How should we preach these Psalms?

Tags: Psalms, Preaching, Trial, vengeance, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

Preaching Is God's Truth Shining Through Your Personality

By Sherman Haywood Cox on May 15, 2021

Sermons are not delivered irrespective of the preacher. We are part of the message as well.

Tags: Preaching, Personality, preaching

Why God Still Works Through Poor Preaching

By Peter Mead on Aug 18, 2021

How God works despite us and our preaching (and we need to be thankful for that!).

Tags: Paul, God, Gospel, Preaching, poor preaching, gospel, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

God Works In Mysterious Ways—through Your Sermon!

By Danny Macmunn on Aug 27, 2021

Sometimes even the messenger is surprised at what the people hear.

Scripture: Mark 15:1-18, 2 Timothy 2:1-15

Tags: Scripture, Preaching, Word of God, mysterious ways, inspired by god, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

From Desiring God: Beware Of Gluten-Free Preaching

By Phillip Bethancourt on Jul 23, 2019

"The gluten of the gospel must be kneaded into every Christian sermon."

Tags: Preaching, preaching

If The Church Is God's Idea, Who Are We To Dismantle It?

By Jeff K. Clarke on Feb 25, 2022

I wonder if we have allowed our contemporary definition, understanding, and experience of the church to be shaped more by the post-modern impulse of individualism and self-centeredness, than by Christ’s and Paul’s emphasis on the gathered community from every race, tribe, and tongue?

Tags: individualism, church community, Listening, unity and diversity