Imagine if the more years you preach, the fresher you become. Instead of drifting towards being stale and predictable, your sermons become more dynamic and insightful as the years roll by. Well, that really is possible if we know how to keep fresh in our preaching. Here are three ideas I regularly use to keep…
Being a pastor is hard. There may be no calling that is greater or more difficult, especially when you carry the five-hundred-pound expectation of preaching a mind-blowing, original sermon every seven days. Because it’s so hard, many pastors make simple preaching mistakes that can be easily corrected. These common mistakes are often the difference between…
Easter is coming! And it’s a busy season for churches. It’s easy to make mistakes when you feel overwhelmed with all the extra work and preparation. To help you make this Easter the best yet, here are five of the common mistakes I see pastors make on Easter. 1. Not Preaching With Urgency Do you feel…
Last week I released my new and improved book Preaching Nuts & Bolts on Amazon. It even rose up to #1 on the best sellers list. Wow! The response so far has been phenomenal! I owe a HUGE thank you to everyone who grabbed a copy, and especially those who wrote a review. It means…
One of my daughter’s favorite TV shows is a PBS show called Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. It is a modern spin-off of the classic Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. When my daughter first started watching it, I didn’t think much of it. But then something amazing happened. She began singing these little rhymes in different situations to help her make…
I love this quote from The Preacher: His Life and Work by J.H. Jowett “I have a conviction that no sermon is ready for preaching, not ready for writing out, until we can express its theme in a short, pregnant sentence as clear as a crystal. I find the getting of that sentence is the…
Crafting a sermon is a lot like building a house. There are 7 different stages that the construction of a message must go through before it is completed. In previous posts we have discussed the first two steps: Step 1: Pray – Connect to the power source. Step 2: Study Scripture – Lay the foundation. Now on…
Most preachers preach like a light bulb. They shine their ideas every which way and illuminate as much as possible. But the best preachers preach like a laser. They are so intensely focused on one idea that it pierces the heart. The light bulb approach to preaching leaves the audience confused. They may walk away…
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