In Preaching Articles: "Preaching Mistakes"

How To Preach Like The Weeping Prophet

By Chris Surber on May 20, 2025

Love in the pastorate--not logic in the academic hall--wins people to Christ.

Tags: Preaching, Gospel of Luke, Weeping, preaching, Prophet, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Matthew  (view more)  (view less)

Do You Preach Like A Pharisee?

By SermonCentral .com on Sep 27, 2024

You can be a charismatic, skilled communicator and still promote the performance-driven, legalistic trap of pharisaism.

Tags: Grace, Preaching, guilt, grace, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

You Preach, I'll Doodle

By Thom Turner on Nov 3, 2020

People have different learning styles. But does that mean you have to change the way you preach to reach them all?

Tags: Learning, Psychology, Effectiveness, Versatile

Tap The Power Of Storytelling In Your Preaching

By Ray Hollenbach on May 10, 2021

How long can you hold your audience? Steven Spielberg can hold them for two and a half hours.

Scripture: Joshua 2:2-5

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Preaching Needs Community: Here's Why

By Todd Hiestand on Nov 19, 2020

"One of the most individual things done in churches these days is preaching." (And that's not a good thing.)

Tags: Community, family, Preaching, Group, encouragement, community  (view more)  (view less)

Still Preaching, But Running From The Ministry

By Sherman Haywood Cox on May 30, 2023

Is it possible to stand in the pulpit, deliver a biblical message, and still be running from God?

Tags: Preaching, teach, run, Biblical, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

Why The Church? Six Preaching Points

By Ray Hollenbach on Oct 8, 2024

It's popular today to meet with friends at a coffee shop and call it "church." Popular, but wrong.

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God's Checklist For Preaching Filled With Wisdom

By SermonCentral .com on May 27, 2025

"God told us what it looks like if we have his wisdom. It’s a list worth spending some time with."

Tags: Peace, Wisdom, Preaching, Pure, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

Why I Value Practical Preaching

By Bob Hostetler on Jan 12, 2023

"Exhortation without identification, inspiration or application is unlikely to produce life change in the listener."

Tags: Preaching, identification, inspiration, application, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

Preaching: It's Not All About You

By Bruce D. Johnson on Oct 13, 2024

Over the past five decades, an insidious trend has crept into American preaching--and not only are most pastors unaware of it, they've embraced it!

Tags: Pastor, preaching, Preaching, pastor, Self  (view more)  (view less)

Warning: Boring Preaching Can Be Deadly

By Jonathan Herron on Jul 25, 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)

Is Your Preaching Less Than Christian?

By Peter Mead on Oct 11, 2021

You need more than someone in the pulpit holding a Bible. Peter Mead warns us off of three "sub-gospel" habits.

Tags: Sin, God, Preaching, Fail, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

How To Preach A Funeral For God's Glory

By Harry Reeder on Jun 20, 2025

Here's why one seasoned pastor considers preaching a funeral one of his greatest privileges.

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Do You Apologize For Your Preaching?

By James Scott on Jun 27, 2025

It's the Holy Spirit's job to bring conviction, but do you try to soften the impact?

Tags: Holy Spirit, Preaching, Conviction, preaching

Do You Preach The Coming Kingdom?

By Sherman Haywood Cox on Sep 15, 2023

Sherman Cox explores the meaning of "as you go ... "

Tags: Preaching, Kingdom, end of the world, preaching