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- 1. Ministry Leaders, Has Your Message Changed Since COVID-19 Began?
- While we can't be sure of a COVID-19 vaccine delivery date or the best treatment plan start date, for most, our best guess is that we're somewhere at the mid-point of the pandemic. In the worst case, ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 2. Rick Warren: How to Craft a Sermon That Changes Lives ...
- ... ching should lead to life change. I've developed my sermon-preparation method around that goal. I call it the "C.R.A.F.T" method. C—Collect and Compare I start by asking the question, "What has God s ...
- Created on 29 July 2020
- 3. Strategies for the Future of Pastoral Leadership
- Staff leadership, shepherding, vision-casting and sermon preparation come with new challenges and opportunities in a post COVID-19 world. Many pastors are wondering what outreach and discipleship will ...
- Created on 01 July 2020
- 4. Rick Warren: 4 Tips on How to Use My Sermons to Prep Your Own ...
- I've been making my sermons available for decades to help you prepare yours. My sermons will save you time, but they won't do your job for you. I typically put about 20 hours of study into each messa ...
- Created on 27 May 2020
- 5. Pastors Think They're Keeping Their Sermons Shorter—Churchgoers Disagree ...
- When pastors begin to welcome back their congregations to in-person services, they may want to consider offering them shorter sermons. A study from Nashville-based LifeWay Research found Protestant pastors' ...
- Created on 14 May 2020
- 6. This Sermon Illustration Could Save You in Decision-Making ...
- Years ago, on a personal retreat, I read a book called The Will of God. It was during a time of questioning my calling and evaluating my own walk with the Lord, and I was considering next steps. At the ...
- Created on 04 May 2020
- 7. 9 Signs You've Made Preaching an Idol
- ... : We can never read the Bible for our own soul's profit. Instead, we've come to the place where we read the Word only with sermons in mind. Developing outlines for others trumps any personal applicatio ...
- Created on 27 March 2020
- 8. 5 Leadership Tips From Pastor Who Battled Ebola Epidemic in Liberia
- ... and point them to credible sources. I organized a team of health professionals with the task to assemble and share important updates to our members. Preach what I call "crisis sermons." My members neede ...
- Created on 25 March 2020
- 9. You'll Probably Think These 15 Things as You Preach This Sunday
- ... rn to Jesus today? Most of us know somebody who hears us every Sunday, but who hasn't yet turned from sin and believed. I don't see (name). I'm surprised how often I suddenly realize in the middle of a sermon ...
- Created on 24 January 2020
- 10. How to Swipe Sermons and Keep Your Integrity ...
- How do you feel about borrowing other pastors' sermons? Years ago, somebody thought of combining the ingredients of a cake into one simple box. Since then, all you have to do is pour the contents into ...
- Created on 22 January 2020
- 11. Rick Warren: 7 Christmas Sermon Ideas to Engage the Unchurched ...
- Like many of you, I have struggled to prepare Christmas sermons that are faithful to Scripture and yet engaging to an unchurched audience. This year I'll prepare sermons for my 40th Christmas season a ...
- Created on 02 December 2019
- 12. 7 Principles That Will Double the Quality of Your Preaching
- ... t on stage will improve your word choice. I'll make a blanket statement here: You can improve the quality of your sermon by 10-20% if you write out a full manuscript. Yes, I did make that statistic up. ...
- Created on 14 November 2019
- 13. 6 Reasons You Shouldn't Preach Too Long
- Okay, I admit my subjectivity here. And I realize some (if not many) readers will disagree with me today. My concern in this post is the length of sermons—especially sermons that push toward an hour in ...
- Created on 26 September 2019
- 14. 9 Things I Wish I Had Known as a Young Preacher
- As I recall, my first sermon was about eight minutes long with a 20-minute invitation, as I was sure everyone would respond in repentance to my proclamation. Needless to say, I had a lot to learn then—and ...
- Created on 03 September 2019
- 15. 5 Trends Surrounding the Length of Your Sermons ...
- ... to learn what developments are taking place in the preaching ministry. I recently conducted another social media survey on sermon length. This time, however, I asked an additional question. The two question ...
- Created on 26 August 2019
- 16. 8 Reasons We Preachers Might Be More Boring Than We Think
- I admit that I debated whether to write this post—primarily because I might be unknowingly describing my own teaching and preaching. At the same time, I don't want to suggest that most preachers and teachers ...
- Created on 20 August 2019
- 17. 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
- 18. 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
- 19. 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
- 20. 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
