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Peter's final call to a young and growing church
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A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
By Chris Surber on Apr 24, 2025
The greater the distance between you and your listeners, the easier it is to preach at them. Sharing life with them leads you to preaching the messy way.
Scripture: John 6:66-71
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By SermonCentral .com on Feb 10, 2023
Brandon Cox: "When it comes to leading a strong ministry and building a healthy church, it takes more than solid theology or smart strategy."
Tags: strategy, strength, Power of God, Pillar, ministry, Ministry (view more) (view less)
By Charles Stone on May 25, 2023
How would you rank your clarity in your ministry? Here are nine benefits of being clear as you lead your church.
Tags: leadership, Preaching, Clarity, Leadership, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Jonathan Howe on Dec 21, 2024
Unfortunately stress can lead churches to plan poorly and make unnecessary mistakes. Here are ten such mistakes to avoid in your church this Christmas.
Tags: focus on GOD, Christmas Gospel, church priorities, church leadership, Christmas, Advent, Holidays, prepare (view more) (view less)
By Peter Mead on Nov 3, 2025
Perhaps this list can also help you pray for other preachers, or pastors in your church.
Scripture: Joshua 3:1-6
Tags: Preaching, preaching
By SermonCentral .com on Jan 4, 2021
Church attendance should be a tool to help people draw closer to Jesus. Not the other way around.
Scripture: Matthew 28:19-20
Tags: Preaching
By SermonCentral .com on Sep 30, 2019
People who do things well have usually spent a lot of time doing those things poorly, learning, and improving. It takes years.
Scripture: 1 Samuel 21:8-9
By Peter Mead on Apr 12, 2021
Sometimes we have to preach something that is potentially controversial or that may not go down too well. Here are ten pointers to help when that is necessary.
Scripture: Acts 17:22-32
Tags: leadership, Preaching, Prayer, Self knowledge, Leadership, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Lance Witt on Sep 22, 2023
For many years I did ministry as an employee rather than as a son. My value and acceptance were dependent on how well I performed.
Scripture: 1 John 3:1
Tags: children of God, Trust God, Performance, Children of the King, Estrella genio (view more) (view less)
By Adam Russell on Jun 10, 2025
You have creatives in your church right now. It's not enough to make room for them, you should build a safe place for them, as well.
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:27-28
Tags: Fruit, leadership, creative, potential, Leadership (view more) (view less)
By Dr. Larry Moyer on Jul 18, 2020
God wants a church to grow because it's winning the lost to Christ and discipling them to reach others.
Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:7
Tags: Preaching, Church Growth, Growth in Christ
By Ray Hollenbach on Jun 17, 2025
What if there were a way to open the floodgates of heaven for other people? What if YOU could have this secret?
Scripture: John 5:9-16
Tags: Ministry, Humble, Humility, effective, humble heart, ministry (view more) (view less)
By Sherman Haywood Cox on Apr 15, 2023
"If you ain't struggled with the Scripture, we have something else other than a sermon."
Tags: preaching, bible, Bible, Scripture, Preaching, Research (view more) (view less)
By Bruce Frank on Aug 17, 2020
Bruce Frank, lead pastor of of Biltmore Baptist Church, one of the top 50 fastest-growing churches in America, shares his sermon prep process.
Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-16, 2 Samuel 11:1-15, 2 Timothy 2:15
Tags: Heart, Study, Preaching, repent, BIBLE STUDY, preparation, circumcise, Sword, Reject, shaken the dust, Bible Study (view more) (view less)
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
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