By SermonCentral .com on Sep 1, 2022
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The great tragedy of the universe is that while human beings were made to glorify God because of who they are and what they see, we have all fallen short of this purpose.
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By Steven Lawson on Oct 23, 2022
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"Luther came to realize that salvation was a gift for the guilty, not a reward for the righteous. Man is not saved by his good works but by trusting the finished work of Christ. Thus, justification by faith alone became the central tenet of the Reformation."
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By Joe Mckeever on Jul 17, 2022
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When a pastor stands to preach, he never knows who is listening to him. And if his sermon is recorded or broadcast, he has no clue who will be hearing his words. He will do well to make sure he knows what he’s talking about.
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By Joe Mckeever on Jun 7, 2024
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"If we cannot walk by faith and believe by faith–a redundancy, of course–we will stop praying."
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By SermonCentral .com on Aug 28, 2020
Preaching is a gift, but so is preparation. The hard wrestling with God’s Word feeds the preacher before it feeds the church.
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By Peter Mead on Sep 11, 2020
When preaching loses sight of the personal God, it drifts into moralism. Captivating preaching flows from knowing and loving Christ.
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By Brandon Kelley on Oct 30, 2022
"Sermon prep and sermon writing can be hard. Often times, it can even be painful. Anything seems better to be doing when we get stuck in a sermon prep and writing rut. But we all know that the work is worth it. The pain is worth it. The plodding is worth it."
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By Outreach Inc. on Apr 8, 2025
John Piper reflects on how God shapes preachers not through polish or performance, but through Scripture, suffering, and deep love for God’s Word.
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By SermonCentral .com on Aug 8, 2022
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God is like a great Niagara Falls—you look at it and think: surely this can’t keep going at this force for year after year after year. It seems like it would have to rest. Or it seems like some place up stream it would run dry. But, no, it just keeps surging and crashing and making honeymooners happy century after century. That’s the way God is about doing us good. He never grows weary of it. It never gets boring to him.
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By Peter Mead on Sep 15, 2024
Some sermons overwhelm without penetrating. Faithful preaching carries the weight of Scripture but delivers it with the sharp focus of a blade.
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By Sherman Haywood Cox on Aug 1, 2021
Some believe that if a preacher is truly called, preparation and training are unnecessary. In reality, faithful preaching requires both divine calling and diligent effort.
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