In Preaching Articles: "Sharing Your Faith"

Gird Your Preaching: 10 Supports

By Peter Mead on Nov 14, 2020

Imagine the Bible as a "superstructure." Which texts gird the grand message of the Scripture?

Scripture: Joshua 4:1-9

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Tap The Power Of Storytelling In Your Preaching

By Ray Hollenbach on May 11, 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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Five Ways To Improve Your Sermons

By Charles Arn on Nov 24, 2020

Research has found that we remember less than 10 percent of the unsupported spoken word.

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-11, Jonah 1:1

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Do Your Listeners Feel The Text?

By Sherman Haywood Cox on Nov 27, 2020

Exegesis is always the foundation for a sermon, but does your preaching reach your listeners' feelings?

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Where Do Your Sermons Point?

By SermonCentral .com on Jul 29, 2023

When you preach, do people see you or what you are talking about?

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How To Pastor Your Worship Leader

By SermonCentral .com on Aug 19, 2023

Jay Pathak discusses an important relationship -- the link between worship and sermon.

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Dangerous Assumptions That Will Kill Your Message

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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Your Pulpit Is A Place Of Spiritual Warfare

By Peter Mead on Jun 30, 2021

There's no need to be paranoid, but there's no reason to be ignorant, either.

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Build Your Sermon Like A House

By Greg Stier on Oct 16, 2024

Greg Stier learned to exegete a text at the same time he learned to swing a hammer. It paid off.

Scripture: Luke 14:22-33

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Is Your Preaching Less Than Christian?

By Peter Mead on Oct 12, 2021

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

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Get Your Christmas Service Right

By Maurilio Amorim on Dec 17, 2022

Don't wait until the last minute. Maurilio Amorim has three great ideas for you right now.

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5 Spouse Killers In Your Ministry

By Charles Stone on Oct 22, 2019

One survey discovered that 85 percent of pastors' wives feel unprepared for the ministry lifestyle.

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Challenge Your Church--And Yourself!

By Peter Mead on Sep 24, 2019

Preaching should our listeners--and us. But how do you do it constructively?

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:34-40

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Give Your Sermon Added Power

By Brian Croft on Sep 27, 2019

Brian Croft reminds us the very first ingredient in every powerful sermon. Does your sermon have it?

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Is Your Preaching Missing This Key Component?

By Lance Witt on Jan 7, 2021

As a pastor I am embarrassed to admit this, but prayer has often been a struggle for me. And yet, it is crucial to our success in preaching.

Scripture: Ephesians 6:1-4

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