Pastor plagiarism is in the news. Some prominent pastors have come under fire recently for plagiarizing the work of others, specifically in their preaching. I wish I could say that this is shocking, but it happens all the time. I’ve seen pastors take entire sermons from other pastors and preach it like it was their…
Learning how to preach can be scary. Very few people are excited by the idea of standing before a crowd of people, with all eyes on them, to deliver a thirty-minute or longer sermon. Public speaking was always on the top of my list of greatest fears—just below death, spiders, and talking to girls. It’s…
Pastors spend a lot of time every week working hard on their sermon. They preach it. God uses it. Then, they toss it and begin work on the next one. Why are we so content with letting all that work go to waste? How can we help a sermon live beyond Sunday? Here are 10…
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Video Transcript A lot of pastors feel like they’re stuck on this endless treadmill of coming up with one sermon after the next. You preach a great message, you write a great sermon, you work your tail off one week, and you deliver that message, and then, before you know it, it’s Monday, and the…
If you are an audiobook lover, I have great news! I have been working hard on the audiobook for my bestselling book, Preaching Nuts & Bolts: Conquer Sermon Prep, Save Time, and Write Better Messages. I am happy to announce that it is available now! Listen to The First Chapter: You can get my book now…
How much time should a pastor spend each week preparing their sermon? I have heard seminary professors say that you should spend an hour for every minute you preach. But by that logic, a 30-minute sermon would require 30 hours! So how much time should you spend on sermon prep? The short answer is: there’s…
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…
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