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Joe Mckeever: My Worst Christmas Sermon

By Joe Mckeever on Dec 22, 2020

Joe McKeever, after 50 years of preaching: "I still approach the task with a sense of awe and inadequacy."

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A Good Sermon Feels Like A Good Story: 7 Minutes With Fred Craddock

By Fred Craddock on Nov 13, 2019

Fred Craddock literally wrote the book on preaching. He reminds us, "Movement is more important than structure."

Tags: Preaching, structure, Movement, Fred Craddock

Pastor: Lead Your Church From The Pulpit!

By SermonCentral on Jan 13, 2020

Pastors sometimes make the mistake of separating preaching from leading, but Brandon Cox explains how they go together.

Tags: Preaching, pulpit, preaching

One Critical Conviction

By Peter Mead on Apr 29, 2021

A preaching ministry is built on a whole set of convictions. Convictions about God, the Gospel, about people, about ministry.

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A Road To Somewhere

By Don Ballard on Jul 25, 2024

How can pastors apply Stephen Covey's principle, 'Begin With the End in Mind', to the area of preaching and teaching the Bible?

Scripture: Romans 10:14-15

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If Jesus Gave A Ted Talk Principle 1—begin With The End In Mind (Clarity)

By Charles Stone on Mar 16, 2024

Begin with the End in Mind is the first installment of an 8 part series on how neuroscience can improve your preaching.

Scripture: Luke 6:40

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If Jesus Gave A Ted Talk Principle 8—reinforce Life Application (Transfer)

By Charles Stone on Jan 4, 2024

Reinforce Life Application is the final instalment of an 8 part series on how neuroscience can improve your preaching.

Scripture: James 1:22

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The Crash We've All Experienced: Recovering From Preaching

By Josh Reich on Sep 28, 2019

The crash a pastor experiences the day after preaching can be brutal. Your whole body aches, your eyes hurt, you feel as low as you have felt all week.

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Why R.c. Sproul Still Declared: 'i Believe In Preaching'

By SermonCentral on Jan 15, 2020

"History shows us that the greatest periods of revival and reformation the church has ever seen occur in conjunction with the frequent, consistent and clear preaching of God’s Word."

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:1-23

Tags: Preaching, preaching

Ed Stetzer: Preach The Gospel, And Since It’s Necessary, Use Words

By Ed Stetzer on Oct 18, 2021

"Preach the gospel. Use words if necessary." There are two basic problems with this quote: One, Francis never said it, and two, the quote is not biblical.

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

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7 Steps To Restoring A Powerful Pulpit

By Leslie Holmes on Sep 17, 2024

Veteran preacher Leslie Holmes suggests seven bold and certain steps to help give you the confidence to preach with power.

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:20-21, Romans 8:28-39

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3 Reasons Pastors Don't Connect With Millennials

By Tyler Braun on Sep 10, 2020

Can your preaching reach the up-and-coming generations? Tyler Braun points out the most common barriers.

Tags: Youth, Preaching, Relevant, preaching

Matt Chandler's Advice To Young Preachers

By Matt Chandler on Jun 17, 2023

"If you can't feel the text, I don't know if you've been called to preach."

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People Listen In Different Ways—can You Reach All Of Them?

By Leslie Holmes on Feb 28, 2023

You're preaching to one congregation, filled with many listening styles. How can you connect with every individual?

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:1-15

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9 Ways To Trim Your Text To A Preachable Size

By Randal Pelton on Jan 18, 2020

Each time you select a passage of Scripture to preach on a given Sunday, you are implying that passage is able to stand alone.

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:5

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