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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
By Charles Stone on Mar 9, 2022
Mindfulness is a spiritual discipline akin to biblical meditation. It’s setting aside daily time to be still before God, to be in His presence in the present moment.
Tags: stress, leadership, Stress, Meditation, sound mind, Spiritual Discipline, Leadership (view more) (view less)
By Bob Russell on Jan 7, 2025
Stewardship preaching doesn’t have to repel people. With timing, tone, and practical teaching, pastors can address money biblically and help believers grow in generosity.
Scripture: Mark 10:21
Tags: Faith, Money, Healing, Giving, Stewardship, Power, Preaching, miracles, Funeral, Generosity, Homosexuality, Tithes, election, Tithing, Labor, Giving General, Christian Giving, church leadership, preaching, Church Leadership (view more) (view less)
By SermonCentral .com on Dec 17, 2025
Christmas and Easter bring many first-time church guests. Learn practical strategies churches can use to connect with holiday visitors and encourage them to return.
Scripture: Luke 19:10, Matthew 28:19, John 3:16, 2 Peter 3:9, Romans 10:14 (view more) (view less)
Tags: Evangelism, Church, Outreach, New, interest, evangelism, church (view more) (view less)
By Peter Mead on Oct 25, 2024
We tend to view ourselves as impartial and somehow capable of adjudicating "healthy balance" based on our own perspective. But how small our perspective can be at times.
Scripture: Daniel 9:4
Tags: Read, Preaching, Balance, devour, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Josh Reich on Jun 13, 2023
At some point as a leader, you will feel hopeless. As a pastor it will more than likely happen after the weekend. It is hard to keep hope alive all the time as a leader.
Tags: Preaching, leaders, preaching
By SermonCentral .com on Jan 21, 2021
It never gets easier. No matter how many times you hear about it. And we're hearing about it a lot more lately. In epidemic numbers.
Tags: Pastoral Character, success in ministry, avoiding burnout, praying for pastors
By Josh Reich on Jan 25, 2022
The idea of recruiting volunteers is overwhelming and difficult at times. There never seems to be enough people, and the ones who are serving are often tired and feel like they are the only ones serving.
Tags: Communication, Lay Leadership, ministry vision, Recruiting, communication (view more) (view less)
By Ron Edmondson on Aug 14, 2022
I have learned in my years of leadership – I only know what I know. And, many times I don’t know much.
Tags: Leadership Listening, Listening, questions
By Charles Stone on Jun 5, 2022
At times we must lead as transactional leaders. However, we should seek to grow our leadership so that we lead more often as transformational leaders.
Tags: vision, leadership, Transformation, Leadership Listening, Leadership (view more) (view less)
By Joe Mckeever on Jan 2, 2024
There is a danger turning faith into fairy tale for our own comfort. At the same time it may help us to approach someone with biblical truths after we understand their line of thinking.
Tags: Death, Comfort, Preaching, Funeral, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Hal Seed on Aug 28, 2022
You make a dozen decisions a day. How do you know what’s the right decision? What moves your church forward? What’s wasting time?
Tags: leadership, strategy, Retreat, Effectiveness, productivity, pastoral leadership, Pastoral Ministry, church leadership, Leadership (view more) (view less)
By Peter Mead on May 7, 2024
This series looks at seven things preachers never say. Last time we thought about the burden of expectation. How about this for another: The negative outcomes of both criticism and apathy.
Tags: Criticism, Apathy, Gossip, slander, Pastoral Ministry, church ministry, Negative Response, Backbiting, criticism (view more) (view less)
By Dr. Susan Michael on Mar 20, 2024
Every time this irrational vitriol seems to be dying out, it reinvents itself with a different look and a different name. But the goal is always the same for anti-semitism: to rid the world of the Jewish people.
Tags: Anti Semitism
By Haddon Robinson on May 27, 2020
Weekly preaching can feel creatively exhausting. Learn a two-phase approach, practical rhythms, and daily habits that keep your sermons biblical, fresh, and deeply fed all from Haddon Robinson.
Scripture: Luke 6:39-45, John 16:8-11
Tags: Love, Church, Preaching, Prayer, dedication, preparation, prepare, Homiletics, Result, Time, length, Leadership General, Pastoral Ministry, Expository Preaching, Sermon Preparation, preaching, church, expository preaching, love, sermon preparation (view more) (view less)
By Charles Stone on Nov 21, 2019
Three factors have made the biggest positive difference for me: preparing my heart before the Lord, scheduling adequate study time to avoid feeling rushed and practicing preaching my sermon.
Scripture: Mark 15:27-40
Tags: prep routine, preaching, Study, Preaching, prepare, routine (view more) (view less)
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