I’ve often enjoyed repeating the true story of an incident in the life of Thomas Edison that illustrates perfectly the benefits of a positive attitude. Edison’s son, Charles, writes of the event about his father in his book titled, The Electric Thomas Edison. One December evening the cry of “Fire!” echoed through the plant. Spontaneous…
Are you fluent in Christianese? Christianese is the insider language that church people speak which may sound confusing or odd to non-Christians. To give you an idea of what I’m talking about, watch this video poking fun at the words Christians say. VIDEO: Shoot Christians Say Can’t see the video? Click here. This video is…
Great preachers are great story tellers. Jesus is the perfect example (literally). Sermon illustrations are important. They wrap heavenly ideas and in earthly examples. For this reason, I always collect good illustrations when I find them. Get some from my personal collection here. In fact, a good illustration is often the most memorable part of…
The following is a guest post from Dan Irmler, the founder of ProChurch. Dan is working to help churches with their graphics needs, and he gave me some awesome sermon series graphics to give you all for FREE! Familiar Problems Hi! I’m Dan, the lead graphic designer at ProChurch.com. Over the last several years, I’ve…
The Christian life is like a marathon. It requires hard work and perseverance. Sometimes we fall. Sometimes we make mistakes. But no matter how difficult the journey, we must get up and keep pressing forward. God calls us to finish the race. Prior to the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, John Stephen Akhwari of Tanzania was…
I’ve got great news! ProPreacher.com is on pace for another record-breaking year. In fact, we are close to breaking our record for the most page views in a year, and we are only halfway through 2016! This month alone we hit a new record with over 72,364 page views! Wow! Thank you! When I started…
Marriage is hard and affairs come easy. Today, an affair is just a mouse click away. But the reality of an affair is always worse than temptation’s promise. True story: He called himself “Prince of Joy.” In an Internet chat room, he met a young lady whose screen name was “Sweetie.” Over the next few…
You step on stage. The lights come up. Everyone is looking at you. Adrenaline starts pumping as your fight or flight response kicks in. You are nervous. You are about to preach a sermon. The problem: the nerves and adrenaline that are common in public speaking naturally cause pastors to preach too fast. You are…
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