In Preaching Articles:

4 Reasons Why Some Preachers Get Better And Others Don't

By Hershael York on Aug 12, 2025

What makes the difference between someone who grows in preaching versus someone who doesn't?

Tags: calling, preaching, Preaching, passion, stagnant, Improve  (view more)  (view less)

Don't Kill Your Message!

By Carey Nieuwhof on Aug 11, 2025

What’s the difference between a sermon that flops and a sermon that people still buzz about years later?

Tags: Preaching, Lame, communicate, crash, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

Is Your Church Stuck Or Just Small?

By SermonCentral .com on Aug 10, 2025

If your church is healthy, quit stressing about getting bigger. God may not be calling you to bigness.

Scripture: Acts 1:1-15

Tags: Healthy Church, effective, Small Church, Growth, Church Growth  (view more)  (view less)

Have We Been Preaching The Wrong Message From Revelation?

By Ed Cyzewski on Aug 8, 2025

This misunderstood book offers us a message of hope that the darkness of today will one day relent when God's all-powerful light will restore creation.

Tags: Meaning, Context, preaching, context, Revelation, Preaching, wrong  (view more)  (view less)

The Bible Works!

By SermonCentral .com on Aug 7, 2025

Phil Strout: "Everyone has an opinion. And guess what? So does God, and he's communicated it to us."

Tags: bible, Bible, Word of God, Opinion, communicate, phil strout  (view more)  (view less)

Ten Preaching Errors We Can All Avoid

By Jared Moore on Aug 6, 2025

Bad habits creep up softly. Have any of these slipped into your preaching?

Tags: error, avoid, preaching, Preaching, neglect  (view more)  (view less)

Pilots Learn How Not To Crash--Preachers Can, Too

By Mike Miller on Aug 5, 2025

Like flying a plane, good training can help your preaching walk away with a smooth landing.

Tags: Preaching, Preacher, Pilot, crash, preaching, preacher  (view more)  (view less)

Seven Tricks To Break Out Of Your Preaching Rut

By Ryan Huguley on Aug 4, 2025

Periodically, every pastor to whom God gives the privilege of preaching weekly will find themselves in a rut.

Tags: Preaching, teach, Retreat, trick, Preaching Rut, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

Fear In The Pulpit: Does It Have A Proper Place?

By Leslie Holmes on Aug 3, 2025

"Really smart preachers who know who they are, whose they are and who called them demonstrate that by a healthy dose of fear."

Tags: preaching, Fear, Preaching, pulpit, preach  (view more)  (view less)

How To Preach On Kindness In 5 Minutes And 44 Seconds

By SermonCentral .com on Aug 1, 2025

Here's an outstanding video to introduce any message dealing with kindness or serving others.

Tags: Love, Message, Preaching, Kindness, good samaritan, preaching, love  (view more)  (view less)

In The Spirit Of Screwtape--20 Ways To Poison The Little Monsters

By Jared Moore on Aug 1, 2025

News Flash: Sixty years later Jared Moore has discovered another Screwtape-type letter.

Scripture: Genesis 45:14-21, Ephesians 6:12, 2 Corinthians 11:14, 2 Timothy 4:3-4, Galatians 1:8  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Preaching, Culture, CS Lewis, screwtape letters, heretic, preaching, culture  (view more)  (view less)

Entertaining Pulpits And The Legacy Of Tethered Preaching

By SermonCentral .com on Jul 30, 2025

There's a big difference between a gifted Bible-expositor and an entertainment-oriented preacher.

Tags: tether, preaching, Preaching, pulpit, Entertain  (view more)  (view less)

Does Your Preaching Prepare People For God's Kingdom?

By Sherman Haywood Cox on Jul 29, 2025

We often fall into the trap of preaching designed to merely provide tools to become more successful in this present world rather than becoming ambassadors of the coming Kingdom.

Tags: Confront, God's Kingdom, gospel, preaching, Gospel, Preaching, prepare  (view more)  (view less)

When Leaders Should Not Respond To Critics

By Thom Rainer on Jul 28, 2025

Most criticism deserves a response, but not all of it. Nehemiah knew when to keep building and when engaging a critic would only make things worse.

Scripture: Nehemiah 6:2-4, Proverbs 15:1, Proverbs 26:4, Matthew 7:6, Romans 12:18  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Preaching, Criticism, Critic, thom rainer, Conflict Resolution, criticism, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

When The Message Ends, Where Are People Focused?

By Peter Mead on Jul 27, 2025

Where are people looking as they leave? If we're not careful, they will walk out with gaze firmly fixed on self.

Tags: Message, Preaching, Self, focus, listener, preaching  (view more)  (view less)