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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 Sherman Haywood Cox on Sep 25, 2020
Great preachers preach both the unfamiliar as well as the familiar stories.
Tags: Preaching, preaching
By Chris Surber on Oct 4, 2024
What is your church doing to train future preachers and pastors?
Tags: Preaching, teach, instruct, benefit, preaching (view more) (view less)
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
By Sherman Haywood Cox on Aug 16, 2021
We preachers sometimes think that preaching the "truth" is all that is needed.
Scripture: Romans 10:1-10, Romans 10:9-10
Tags: Truth, experience, doctrinal, human
By Mike Miller on Jan 18, 2023
Good preachers must develop the extra skill of "congregational exegesis."
Tags: Preaching, Listen, Congregation, audience, preaching (view more) (view less)
By SermonCentral on Aug 14, 2021
John Piper's antidote to keep a preacher from going crazy.
Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:1-15
Tags: Glory, Preaching, Ordinary, john piper
By Sherman Haywood Cox on Oct 22, 2024
Sherman Cox takes up Will Willimon's challenge to preachers everywhere.
Scripture: Philippians 4:1-13
Tags: Gospel, Preaching, Relevance, Confront, will willimon, gospel, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Chris Surber on Dec 25, 2021
He is a poor preacher who gives no offense to his listeners.
Tags: Discipleship, Preaching, poor preaching, measuring success, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Peter Mead on Sep 24, 2020
Experienced preachers know the real challenge is in what to leave out of a sermon.
Scripture: Exodus 2:1-5
By Peter Mead on Oct 8, 2020
Tags: Message, Preaching, develop
By SermonCentral on Nov 1, 2021
The preacher's job is to minimize his own opinions and deliver the truth of God.
Scripture: Jeremiah 15:16
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By SermonCentral 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 Joe Mckeever on Nov 2, 2024
The simple fact is everyone on the planet lives by faith. LIFE is a faith thing. For everyone.
Scripture: Habakkuk 2:4-6
Tags: Preaching, Debate, living by faith, faith vs science, preaching (view more) (view less)
By James O. Davis on May 29, 2020
James O. Davis reminds preachers that the length of a presentation is not determined by the clock but by the crowd.
Scripture: Ephesians 5:16
Tags: Church, Preaching, Time
By Jonathan Herron on Jul 26, 2021
Even the best preachers can put people to sleep--sometimes with disastrous results!
Scripture: John 3:5-10
Tags: Young, Preaching, boring, deadly, preaching (view more) (view less)
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