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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
By Tim Peters on Aug 28, 2018
When you receive too many messages, you receive no messages. How many messages is your church sending?
Tags: Communication, Message, clutter, Market
By Peter Mead on Dec 25, 2018
Where are people looking as they leave? If we're not careful, they will walk out with gaze firmly fixed on self.
Tags: Message, Preaching, Self, focus, listener (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 on Jan 2, 2019
Here's an outstanding video to introduce any message dealing with kindness or serving others.
Tags: Love, Message, Preaching, Kindness, good samaritan (view more) (view less)
By Rich Nathan on Jun 4, 2021
The message may be timeless, but the way we communicate must be flexible while remaining true to the biblical view.
Tags: Message, Preaching, communicate, postmodern
By Todd Wagner on Feb 13, 2024
God's "piano" has 66 keys, but it can be used to play all types of music.
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:22-25
Tags: Message, Gospel, Unchanging, Method, God's Image, gospel (view more) (view less)
By Rick Ezell on Apr 15, 2018
When you preach, in many respects, you are the message. If your personal life is not congruent with your words, then a mixed message is delivered.
Scripture: Galatians 6:1-10
Tags: Faith, Preaching, Prayer, Personal Change
By Ed Cyzewski on Jan 10, 2019
This misunderstood book offers us a message of hope that the darkness of today will one day relent when God's all-powerful light will restore creation.
Tags: Revelation, Preaching, wrong, Meaning, Context (view more) (view less)
By SermonCentral on Oct 12, 2021
Ask pastors what their toughest regular assignment is, and speaking a message that ministers to everyone is at or near the top of the list.
Scripture: Romans 8:28-30, 1 Peter 4:5-10
Tags: Preaching, Learning, language, Result, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Lane Sebring on Jan 26, 2020
If the closing of your message is disorganized and unclear, then your listeners will walk away feeling the same way about your message.
Scripture: Matthew 2:1-5, Genesis 1:26-27
Tags: Preaching, crash, Checklist, disorganized, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Peter Mead on Dec 4, 2020
You might be getting excited, or dreading another Christmas and the need to generate more messages when the obvious options feel well worn. Here are some other angles to consider.
Scripture: Philippians 2:6-11
Tags: Theme, Preaching, obvious, prophecies, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Karl Vaters on Oct 26, 2023
When your message is off-center, the quality matters even more.
Tags: leadership, Preaching, preaching tips, Pastoral Ministry, Leadership, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Jeff K. Clarke on Oct 9, 2022
“The essence of forgiveness is absorbing pain instead of giving it.” – Timothy Keller
Scripture: Romans 5:8, 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
Tags: Forgiveness, Gospel, Reconciliation, God's Love, forgive, Forgiveness in Jesus, gospel proclamation, The Church's Message, gospel (view more) (view less)
By Ray Hollenbach on Mar 13, 2019
When we preach we plant seeds, but what will grow from the seeds we plant?
Tags: Ministry, Preaching, conflict, redemption, gospel message (view more) (view less)
By Carl Trueman on Mar 6, 2024
Years ago I caused trouble when I started my message by declaring that it really did not matter if the pastor was an adulterer or not.
Tags: Separation, Preaching, pastor, adultery, Pastor, preaching (view more) (view less)