As a new pastor, the weight of weekly sermon preparation crushed me. I had preached a few sermons here and there before, but preaching every single week was terrifying. If I had not taken action to get organized, I would never have made it. The Problem One of the most difficult tasks for pastors is…
What is the best microphone for preaching? I once preached a sermon that I thought was one of my best yet. But then I watched the recording. I was horrified! My mic popped and hissed throughout the entire message. It was distracting and embarrassing. Has this ever happened to you? A great sermon can be…
If you want a powerful Bible study tool, there is nothing better than Logos. Years ago, if you wanted to do serious Bible study they had two options: Go to the library at a seminary or Bible college. Buy bookshelves and tons of physical books to build your own personal library. The problem was that…
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…
You are busy. You have more to do than you have time to do it. So how do you manage to squeeze in personal development time into an already packed schedule? I love reading books, but I have more books to read than I have time to read them. Good news. There is a great…
So many books, so little time. Do you ever feel this way?I firmly believe that all good leaders are readers. Leaders must constantly be learning and reading in order to grow and stay current. If you are a pastor, you need to be reading even more to keep your sermons from continually recycling stale content. But, in…
I did something different last Sunday that was highly successful.I preached a sermon calling qualified people to step up and serve in a specific ministry. The sermon wasn’t different, but the way I asked them to respond was. In the past, I have used cards in the bulletin or sign up sheets in the lobby. But we are living in the…
Wow, has it really been two years already? Two years ago I had a crazy idea to start a blog about preaching. I had no idea what would happen or if anyone would actually read it, but I had some thoughts that I wanted to clarify and some ideas I had to share. When I first…
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