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Peter's final call to a young and growing church
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Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
By Peter Mead on Dec 9, 2024
Why not simply read a bit of Bible and then say what you want to say, making the odd vague connection? This passes for preaching in many places.
Scripture: Genesis 49:10
Tags: Preaching, preaching
By Rick Ezell on Feb 7, 2025
Can your preaching hit a home run week in and week out? Sunday comes every seven days whether your sermon is prepared or not.
Scripture: Mark 6:12
Tags: Teaching, Preaching, preparation, Religion, Relevance, preaching, teaching (view more) (view less)
By John Mcclure on May 13, 2020
What will I preach on? Whether you're asking this question a week, a month, or a year in advance of the Sunday in question, you're looking for inspiration.
Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30
Tags: Study, Preaching, preparation, preaching
By Ted Smith on Nov 13, 2020
Some preachers think it's more spiritual to preach without notes. Others think it's more spiritual to use notes. What if it's both?
Tags: Discernment, Preaching, neglect, habit, note, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Matt Brough on Nov 16, 2024
One of the challenges for preachers who have been preaching for some time is that it is much easier to coast, to do less preparation and to simply rely on your experience.
Tags: Sermon Prep, preaching, Sermon prep, Preaching, problem, sermon prep, Preaching Rut (view more) (view less)
By Ron Allen on Oct 4, 2021
It seems like a no-brainer, yet preachers rarely seek direct input from listeners about how we might improve our preaching.
Scripture: Philippians 1:5-10
Tags: Preaching, challenge, point of view, listener
By SermonCentral .com on Oct 11, 2019
Pastor Zach Zehnder of Cross Church began his quest on Friday, November 7, and by Sunday had preached for 53 hours and 18 minutes—Why?
Scripture: Lamentations 3:23
Tags: Preaching
By Joe Hoagland on Jul 20, 2023
Pretty much everything you preach on has at least one challenge to it, not even just from culture but also from within Christian theology.
Tags: Communication, Preaching, Culture, Theology, communication, preaching, culture (view more) (view less)
By Joe Mckeever on Apr 30, 2020
Why is it so difficult for pastors of all ages to preach Mother’s Day sermons? Pastor-to-pastors Joe McKeever gives some assistance.
Scripture: Luke 1:26-56
Tags: Holidays, Preaching, pastor, mothers, mother's day (view more) (view less)
By Elias Moitinho on Mar 12, 2025
Even though counseling is neither preaching nor teaching, it does have elements of both. Here are 10 helpful tips for engaging Scripture in your counseling sessions.
Scripture: Hebrews 4:12, Deuteronomy 2:25
Tags: Preaching, counsel, preaching
By Dr. Larry Moyer on Jun 22, 2021
Assuming the wrong things can cost us our audience. There are five dangerous assumptions in preaching. The damage they do may vary, but the fact that they are costly does not.
Scripture: 1 John 4:1-7
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By Chris Surber on Feb 7, 2022
I’ve preached a lot of funerals. Along the way I’ve learned some lessons from others and I’ve learned some lessons the hard way.
Tags: Funerals Christian, preaching Christ, Funerals, preaching, Preaching (view more) (view less)
By Gavin Ortlund on Apr 29, 2022
Leadership is hard. I rank it up there with pain, parenting, and preaching as one of those things in life that we never fully master, but only hope to keep learning over a lifetime.
Scripture: John 13:15-16, John 16:12
Tags: Teamwork, Leadership General, servant leadership, Jesus' leadership
By SermonCentral .com on Apr 10, 2023
One of the best ways to follow up with your Easter guests, as well as to encourage your church members, is by preaching about living out the new life we have in Christ.
Tags: after easter, preaching, Worship, Preaching, sermon series (view more) (view less)
By SermonCentral .com on Sep 10, 2025
I've been preaching for 30 years. At some point I have to run out of things to say, right? Actually, at hundreds of points I have run out of things to say!
Tags: Preaching, Devotional Life, preacher's block, body clock, preaching (view more) (view less)
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