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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 Peter Mead on Aug 14, 2025
On the dashboard of our ministry life, we need to have a light that flashes when we are preaching flat. What causes it? What should we do?
Tags: give thanks, stale, ministry life, spiritual dryness, preaching, Preaching (view more) (view less)
By Carey Nieuwhof on Mar 1, 2023
Every week, gifted communicators kill the messages they bring by making at least seven predictable, fixable mistakes.
Tags: Preaching, Feedback, call to action, preaching
By SermonCentral .com on Oct 6, 2021
For preachers, distractions are a way of life, but they are no less annoying.
Scripture: Nehemiah 8:1-15
Tags: Preaching, Listen, Distract
By SermonCentral .com on Oct 8, 2021
Could it possibly be just this simple? Karl Vaters offers a startling suggestion.
Scripture: Matthew 16:21-28, Exodus 3:1-15
Tags: sticky, karl vaters, preaching, Message, Preaching, How to pray (view more) (view less)
By SermonCentral .com on Feb 8, 2020
Effective speakers realize the power of attention-grabbing hooks. What's in your toolbox?
Scripture: Isaiah 43:1-5
Tags: hook, effective speakers, preaching, Preaching, Attention (view more) (view less)
By Peter Mead on Sep 2, 2025
God's work is transformational. Is our preaching doing God's work?
Tags: deep change, preaching, Preaching, Character, Transformation, conduct (view more) (view less)
By Nathan Aaseng on Nov 5, 2021
In our information-saturated age, your listeners have all the gems of wisdom they need, far more than they can process.
Tags: Parable, Hope, Preaching, string of pearls, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Peter Mead on Oct 12, 2019
Do the actual effects of our preaching match our intended effects?
Tags: effects, Preaching, goals, Impact, tone (view more) (view less)
By Charles Stone on Oct 29, 2019
How could there be only one answer? Charles Stone suggests five factors to consider.
Scripture: Psalm 51:1-17
Tags: Schedule, Study, Preaching
By C. Christopher Smith on Nov 1, 2019
If we re-cast preaching as a kind of "slow reading," we might lead our congregations into deeper engagement with the biblical text--and with one another.
Scripture: Luke 23:45-46, Psalm 1:1-6
Tags: lectio divina, slow reading, Preaching, exegesis
By Bob Hostetler on Sep 22, 2025
Bob Hostetler identifies one part of the sermon nearly every preacher overlooks.
Tags: Preaching, Change, sermon, restructure, Sermon, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Ray Hollenbach on Dec 20, 2019
Great preaching proclaims the grace of God, and sometimes we need to clear away the obstacles to that grace.
Tags: preaching, Preaching
By Josh Reich on Feb 7, 2020
If the father is the first in the household to become a Christian, there is a 93 percent probability everyone else in the home will follow.
Scripture: Hebrews 10:1-17, Hebrews 12:13-17
Tags: Men, Preaching, sermon, Sermon, preaching (view more) (view less)
By SermonCentral .com on Jan 10, 2020
Hal Seed uses these ideas regularly--and keeps growing as a preacher.
Tags: Preaching, manuscript, Perspective, Improvement, sleep, quality, improvement, perspective, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Randal Pelton on Jan 18, 2020
Each time you select a passage of Scripture to preach on a given Sunday, you are implying that passage is able to stand alone.
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:5
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