By Peter Mead on Jun 9, 2025
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"Explain and apply" just isn't enough for modern preaching. Too often there's one crucial element missing.
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By Carey Nieuwhof on May 10, 2024
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| 15,583 views
"I recently surveyed 1400 small and mid-sized church pastors to find out what they struggle with most as their church grows. They overwhelmingly identified developing leaders as their top challenge."
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By Josh Reich on Apr 15, 2025
There's too much at stake to wing it week to week. Here are four practical suggestions to help structure your months ahead.
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By Jim Morgan on Dec 22, 2021
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| 20,630 views
Jesus modeled discipleship and community engagement as an example for His Church to follow. He felt a small number of highly effective disciples would cover much more ground than a slew of casual followers.
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By Kenton C. Anderson on Oct 7, 2020
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| 11,391 views
Kenton Anderson wonders, "Perhaps preachers have lost faith in preaching because they've been offering too much poor preaching."
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By Lance Witt on Jan 3, 2022
based on 3 ratings
| 21,778 views
Every single week people walk into your church and for the most part they seem to have it together. They make small talk, they dress appropriately, they participate congenially, they listen politely, and at the end of the service they file out quietly.
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By Paul David Tripp on May 16, 2019
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| 18,417 views
This will probably get me into trouble: I’m persuaded that there’s too much mediocrity in the church when it comes to pastors preparing and delivering their sermons.
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By Joe Hoagland on Jul 30, 2019
based on 2 ratings
| 12,512 views
"I don’t really use an outline: it just gets in the way of me being free up there.” (I used to say that, too)
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By Randy Alcorn on Nov 12, 2022
based on 2 ratings
| 11,374 views
"If a young man without modern medicine and dying of an excruciating disease could make choices that brought him happiness in Christ, surely we can too."
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By Rick Ezell on Nov 3, 2021
based on 20 ratings
| 48,303 views
You may be the most skilled preacher and your church may have excellent small groups or the best children’s ministry in the city, but your first-time guests will never know unless they make a second or third visit.
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By Dave Browning on Jan 5, 2023
based on 26 ratings
| 33,944 views
For some Christian leaders, an hour-long service can be viewed as too short, if not restrictive. For the people we are trying to reach, however, an hour may seem long, if not excessive.
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By Brady Boyd on Feb 21, 2025
based on 18 ratings
| 29,857 views
"I think it is great when pastors are candid about their own struggles. But there are times when the pastor can share way too much information and actually cause people to stumble."
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By Chuck Lawless on Feb 3, 2021
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| 17,535 views
It's an all-too-familiar scene: a pastor who burns out while doing things that a member of his congregation could have helped with. Here are twelve of the worst reasons not to delegate.
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