In Preaching Articles: "meeting needs" showing 1-15 of 123

How To Lead 48,000 People To Jesus

By Sermoncentral on Nov 21, 2016

Saddleback isn’t normal, but it is reproducible. The principles that they have used work in any size or shape of church. It just takes leaders who will listen, hear, and implement. Pray. And believe.

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:11

Tags: Evangelism, meeting needs, Evangelism How To, evangelism planning

Listening In A Noisy World

By Steve Smith on Feb 21, 2022

So much talking. So many words. So many meetings. So much information. How can we ever take in what we really need to receive to make sense of our lives, our days and most importantly, one another.

Scripture: Luke 10:38-42

Tags: Leadership Listening, Listening, MINISTRY OF PRESENCE, listening vs hearing

Preaching Through Cultural Chaos

By Mark Dance on May 2, 2019

Mark Dance: “Pastors do not need to be pushy, but neither do we need to be pushovers.”

Tags: Preaching

God Doesn't Need Cops In The Pulpit--He Needs Preachers

By Ray Hollenbach on Dec 11, 2019

There's a big difference between drawing a crowd and preaching a sermon. The church is desperate for life-giving preachers.

Tags: Preaching

Why Pastors Must Become Excellent Motivators

By Sermoncentral on Aug 31, 2020

At the end of our expounding of the Scriptures, people need to know what to do with what we just said, and they need to be provoked to take action.

Scripture: Ezra 8:1-10:28

Tags: Preaching

Are You An Itinerant Pastor?

By Nathan Rouse on Sep 26, 2020

This addiction to "new" is breaking churches and ruining the credibility of those that minister in the pulpit. We need pastors that won't leave; we need pastors that will cleave.

Tags: Preaching, pulpit, Itinerant, Attrition

10 Sacred Cows That Need To Be Tipped

By Jared Moore on Jul 27, 2018

Contemporary sacred cows are no more helpful than traditional sacred cows. Here's one preacher's view on the sacred cows that need tipped in the church today.

Scripture: John 21:20-22

Tags: Preaching, Method

7 Reasons Every Church Website Needs A Porn Page

By Sermoncentral on Mar 19, 2022

Every church website needs a porn page – a page dedicated to pornography.

Tags: Outreach, Pornography, Culture, brokenness, culture  (view more)  (view less)

Connect With Your Listeners: 7 Strategies To Make Your Preaching Relevant

By Peter Mead on Jul 5, 2021

The Bible is relevant. We don't need to "make it relevant," but we do need to demonstrate how it is relevant.

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Tags: Preaching

What You Absolutely Need To Let Your Guest Preacher Know

By Rev. Stuart Strachan Jr. on Aug 14, 2018

What are the most important things you need to let your guest preacher know before you head out of town?

Tags: Ministry, Preaching, practical advice, guest preaching

11 Ways To Be The Church For People Who Don't Go To Church

By Sermoncentral on Jul 20, 2019

People need to know us before they can trust us. And they need to trust us before they’ll go to church with us.

Tags: Preaching

Not Every Exhortation Is Necessary

By Peter Mead on Sep 30, 2017

It is important to discern when an exhortation needs to be given, and when the listener is already aware of their need for growth and working hard by faith to become more like Christ.

Tags: Teaching, Preaching, exhortation, Preaching Help, effective preaching, Effective Teaching, Know your audience  (view more)  (view less)

Four Prayers That Changed My Preaching

By Joe Mckeever on Jan 29, 2019

After two degrees and twenty years' experience, Joe McKeever didn't need more education, but he needed help.

Scripture: 2 Timothy 5:1-20

Tags: Preaching, Prayer, education, joe mckeever

25 Truths This Preacher Needs To Fight The Enemy's Lies

By Sermoncentral on Aug 21, 2021

"The things you need to hear repeatedly in your walk will probably vary from mine, but these are truths I cling to."

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:1-4:5

Tags: World, Truth, Preaching, Culture, enemy's lies  (view more)  (view less)

7 Things Pastors Don't Need To Know

By Ron Edmondson on May 31, 2018

As a pastor, I’ve learned there are plenty of people willing to tell me things I would never hear if I wasn’t the pastor. Sometimes I need to know...sometimes I don’t.

Tags: Pastors, Gossip, Christian Values