In Preaching Articles: "Preaching Help"

15 Quick Tips For Better Christmas Preaching

By Peter Mead on Dec 7, 2024

Peter Mead offers a helpful list of 15 tips to make the most of your preaching this Christmas.

Scripture: Mark 1:1-13

Tags: Christmas, Preaching, Tip, preaching

10 Easier Ways To Preach About Money

By Margaret Marcuson on Jan 16, 2024

Margaret Marcuson suggests 10 practical ways to help everyone lighten up about money.

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:5-14

Tags: Money, Stewardship, Preaching, preaching

15 Quick Tips For Better Christmas Preaching

By Peter Mead on Dec 24, 2022

Peter Mead offers a helpful list of 15 tips to make the most of your preaching this Christmas.

Scripture: Luke 2:10-20

Tags: Preaching, preaching

Funerals: 6 Things We Should--And Shouldn't--Do

By Jared Moore on Jun 23, 2020

Is a funeral the proper venue for preaching? It's a lively debate, but these guidelines will help.

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:12

Tags: Preaching, preaching

3 Building Blocks Of A Truly Memorable Sermon

By Sherman Haywood Cox on May 26, 2023

Help your listeners connect with your preaching points--and their purpose!

Scripture: Hebrews 11:35-40

Tags: Preaching, Building Blocks, memorable sermon, strong points, illustrate, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

10 Personal Discoveries I Made While Preaching

By Ben Reed on Sep 20, 2024

Ben Reed discovered that sometimes the very first person to be helped by the sermon is the preacher himself.

Tags: Preaching, preaching

Energizing Your Sermons With Multisensory Preaching

By Rick Blackwood on Jun 2, 2020

Rick Blackwood helps preachers communicate God's Word in a form that is engaging, crystal clear, unforgettable, and more fun for the speaker.

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Tags: Church, Communication, Preaching, pastor, wake up, Cohabitation, illustration, Clarity, time is at hand, Homiletics, Awake, Dress Properly, adult children, Communication General, God's dwelling place, Pastor  (view more)  (view less)

Preaching Transformation: The Change We Need

By Ed Stetzer on Jan 7, 2025

Ed Stetzer discusses the importance of transformation in the life of a Christian and offers points to assist the preacher in helping their congregation see it through.

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:7

Tags: Church, Growth, Discipleship, Preaching, Change, Transformation, counsel, Growth in Christ, preaching, church  (view more)  (view less)

5 Ways To Diagnose Passionless Preaching

By Peter Mead on Aug 10, 2024

Peter Mead offers a practical list to help preachers both identify and safeguard their preaching from a lack of zeal in the pulpit.

Tags: Preaching, preaching

30 Seconds Before I Preached, These Words Filled Me With Confidence

By SermonCentral .com on Jan 5, 2022

When Brandon Cox was a young preacher, he knew where to turn for help.

Scripture: Isaiah 30:15-18

Tags: Preaching, Confidence, committed, preaching

Four Prayers That Changed My Preaching

By Joe Mckeever on Nov 11, 2024

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

Tags: Preaching, Prayer, education, joe mckeever, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

God’s Work In Your Depression

By SermonCentral .com on Jul 5, 2022

“Is this depression? I have almost no motivation for anything. I have been praying and I will keep praying for God to be my strength but how do you fight when you don’t feel like fighting?"

Scripture: Isaiah 43:2-3, Psalm 139:11-12

Tags: Emotions, Healing, endurance, Depression, Struggles, soul care, Fighting for Joy, Help for the Hurting  (view more)  (view less)

The 25 Most Influential Preaching Books Of The Last 25 Years

By Michael Duduit on Mar 23, 2020

Preaching magazine editor Michael Duduit offers a helpful list of the top preaching books over the last quarter-century.

Tags: Study, Preaching, Books, Research, Books and Literature  (view more)  (view less)

Pulpit Humour: Five Pointers

By Peter Mead on Jul 23, 2022

5 Tips on how to avoid landmines when using humor in the pulpit.

Tags: Teaching, Preaching, humor, Pastoral Ministry, Communication skills, Pulpit Helps, Humility in Teaching, e, preaching, teaching  (view more)  (view less)

10 Pointers For Preaching On A Touchy Issue

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

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