In Preaching Articles: "Preaching Team"

11 Ways To Evaluate Your Own Preaching

By Chuck Lawless on Oct 24, 2025

The more important our work is, the more imperative it is we strive to improve. Here's how.

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Great Preaching Simplifies The Complex: Does Yours?

By Peter Mead on Apr 17, 2025

“I wouldn’t give a fig for simplicity this side of complexity, but I’d give my right arm for simplicity on the other side of complexity.”

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Change Lives By Preaching From Heaven's Viewpoint

By SermonCentral .com on Sep 3, 2025

Randy Alcorn: "We encourage believers to look at life differently—like Elisha’s servant whose eyes were opened."

Scripture: Hebrews 11:20-30

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4 Do's And 4 Dont's For Preaching To Visitors

By Ron Edmondson on Apr 15, 2020

Ron Edmondson's tips are actually true for everyone, but they're especially true for visitors.

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

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7 Vital Ingredients In Any Preaching Calendar

By SermonCentral .com on Apr 17, 2020

Investing a few more hours three months in advance, or a few weeks in advance will increase the quality of your preaching moment.

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Biblical Preaching Is More Than Quoting The Bible

By Jeff K. Clarke on Jan 6, 2026

Not all ideas in the Bible are biblical. Discover how reading Scripture through the lens of Jesus helps us rightly interpret God’s redemptive story.

Tags: hermeneutics, biblical theology, Bible interpretation, Bible Interpretation, Christ Centered Reading, Biblical Theology, Hermeneutics, Narrative Theology  (view more)  (view less)

Preach The Tone Of The Text To Bring The Truth Of The Text

By H.b. Charles, Jr. on Jan 9, 2026

A key way to guard from selling-out the truth during in the pulpit is to preach the tone of the text.

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-3

Tags: Homiletics, preaching tips, Pastoral Ministry, biblical preaching, Preaching Tips, Biblical Preaching, Expository Sermons  (view more)  (view less)

7 Fresh Ways To Preach The Christmas Story

By SermonCentral .com on Dec 17, 2023

Hal Seed: "Reading these Christmas stories moves me to worship and bow before him. Then I am ready to consider how to preach it."

Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-7, Philippians 2:6-11, John 1:1-5

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Great Preaching Lives In The Tension: Here's How

By Brandon Kelley on Jan 4, 2021

A sermon speaks from the grand narrative of Scripture to the grand narrative of your life. These two stories have identifiable tension points: use them!

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3 Ways To Improve Your Preaching Today!

By Joe Hoagland on Dec 5, 2021

There are some steps we can take as communicators, today, to make lasting change. As I look at improving multiple things in my life I look for the building blocks I can use to achieve success right away as well as into the future.

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4 Angles To Preach From Every Time

By Brandon Kelley on Dec 13, 2021

It is not enough to simply preach what the passage of Scripture says within your next sermon. It’s a good start, but don’t stop there. You’ll stop short of something truly beautiful, truly remarkable.

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Tags: redemption, God the Father, preaching the Word, eternal perspective, preaching Christ  (view more)  (view less)

Does A Pastor Preach Christ At The Funeral Of An Unbeliever?

By Chris Surber on Aug 3, 2023

Preaching Christ at the funeral of an unbeliever requires the subtle art of careful preaching. It’s as much about what you don’t say as what you do say.

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Timothy Keller On How To Preach To And Reach A Culture

By Brandon Kelley on Mar 22, 2022

Timothy Keller seems to have the pulse of our present culture in a way that I’ve not encountered before.

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Three Types Of Bad Preaching (And Their Remedies)

By Chris Pascarella on Jun 8, 2022

What if there was a way to identify bad preaching? Having grown up in church, I have probably listened to over 1,000 sermons in my lifetime. In all my time listening to (and now delivering) sermons, I have heard three types of bad preaching:

Scripture: Luke 12:22

Tags: preaching tips, Preaching Help, Pastoral Ministry, effective preaching

3 Ways To Boost Your Preaching Creativity

By Brandon Kelley on Jul 3, 2022

Do you want more people to walk away from the church gathering and actually remember the big idea from your sermon? Of course you do. Who wouldn’t?

Scripture: John 3:36, Matthew 15:21

Tags: Preaching, pastoral leadership, Pastoral Ministry, poor preaching, Effective Teaching, Sermon Help, Teaching Prep, preaching  (view more)  (view less)