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1. Are You Digging Yourself Into a Hole When You Preach?: The preacher begins his sermon with several minutes of foolishness. He sees a friend in the congregation, remembers a silly story about the two of them and goofs off for five minutes. Five golden minutes ...; Created on 14 August 2019
2. 12 Distractions That Can Disrupt Worship Services: ... n is subjective, but nonetheless truthful: Worship is challenging when the preaching is boring or disorganized. It's even more taxing when the sermon covers everything but the Bible. Bad singing. Again, t ...; Created on 29 July 2019
3. 7 Powerful Points Jesus Made in His Final Sermon ...: ... follow Him. It was His last sermon. 1. "Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing" (Luke 23:34). Jesus is not only practicing the forgiveness He preached (Matt. 5:44), He is assertin ...; Created on 16 April 2019
4. 7 Thoughts to Ponder About Yesterday's Sermon ...: ... on this conversation among preachers. If you can't preach a sermon well in 30 minutes, it's possible you didn't do it well in an hour. I'm not arguing against long sermons, though; I'm simply saying that ...; Created on 17 September 2018
5. How to Make Your Sermon Easy to Understand Without Dumbing It Down ...: In the modern era, there has been a generation of preachers whose approach resembled the self-help inspirational talks of Tony Robbins. You could find titles of sermons such as, "Five Ways to a Better Life, ...; Created on 12 September 2018
6. Why You Should Ask These 10 Questions in Your Sermon This Week ...: Pastors, I know from experience that sermon preparation is seldom easy—and I don't want to add any stress to the process. Nevertheless, here are some questions I encourage you to ask as you prepare you ...; Created on 22 August 2018
7. 8 Tips to Kiss Boring Sermons Goodbye ...: We all preach boring sermons from time to time. The trick is not to make a habit of it. I'm almost tempted to say a pastor should give his people a boring sermon once in a while, if for no other reaso ...; Created on 17 August 2017
8. 9 Basics to Improve Your Sermon Delivery ...: Effective preaching is more than just about what you say. It's also about how you say it. Too many sermons fail not because of bad content, but because of bad delivery. Nobody how experienced you are, yo ...; Created on 31 July 2017
9. Never Waste Your Sermon: 6 Ways to Repurpose Your God-Given Message ...: Do you ever get that post-sermon, anticlimactic feeling that all of your research, all of your writing, all of your preparation just got burned up in a single half-hour shot? It would be far more ideal ...; Created on 05 June 2017
10. 4 Terrible Ways to Close a Sermon ...: "It's not over till it's over," Yogi Berra famously said. I assume he was not talking about sermons. They are often over long before we stop talking. Sermons need to start well and end even better. I am writ ...; Created on 10 February 2017
11. 4 Simple Steps to Improve the Effectiveness of Your Online Sermons ...: Online sermons have become ubiquitous with churches. What used to be an added bonus for members of large churches has now become standard in churches of any size. Thanks to technology improvements and ...; Created on 03 February 2017
12. A Three-Tiered Approach to Christian Worldview Preaching: ... Application ceases to be an add-on at the end of the sermon and becomes part of its body. The three tiers of worldview sermons do not serve as a skeleton for the sermon outline but as a guide to direct ...; Created on 01 February 2017
13. 6 Reasons to Consider Avoiding Cute Sermon Series Titles ...: I'm not sure when this trend started, but like many trends, it likely has innocent beginnings. A pastor heard the name of a popular new book, movie, or album and decided it would be a great sermon serie ...; Created on 25 January 2017
14. What to Do When There Is No Pastor to Fill Your Church's Pulpit: ... staff member already has full-time responsibilities. If sermon preparation takes 15 to 20 hours a week, from where will those hours come? 2. Is the staff member already taking on other additional responsibilitie ...; Created on 19 January 2017
15. Your Christmas Sermon: Just Tell the Story ...: ... the story without detouring into theories and guesses and myths and controversies. Your Christmas sermon is no time to conjecture on how planets aligned themselves into creating that wandering star whic ...; Created on 07 December 2016
16. What People Want From Their Pastor (and Have a Right to Expect): ... 1. People want to hear a thought-provoking sermon on Sunday. They have a right to this. Therefore, the faithful servant of the Lord will give priority to preparing the sermon and attention to deliverin ...; Created on 01 December 2016
17. 7 Ways to Respond to a Bad Sermon ...: Have you ever had that terrible feeling after preaching a sermon? You know, the feeling where you can't wait to get home and hide under the covers? Every pastor experiences it. All pastors dread it. Th ...; Created on 25 November 2016
18. The Must-Do's of a Strong Sermon Opening ...: The way you begin your sermon is vital. It can mean the difference between your listeners checking out or deciding to pay close attention. The things you say at the beginning of a sermon are what your ...; Created on 18 November 2016
19. What to Do After You Bombed Sunday's Sermon ...: ... really explain the content of the passage well. I was trying to cover too much ground—to preach a lengthy passage filled with details in a single sermon forced me to skip over a lot of content that was n ...; Created on 15 November 2016
20. The Solution to Procrastination in Your Sermon Writing ...: ... for sermon development and devote it to some other worthy cause. Why do I keep doing that? Let me pull the lid off this thing and examine it. The Cause of Procrastination First, I think I do this because writing ...; Created on 17 October 2016

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