Preaching Quote #5 – John Newton
“My grand point in preaching is to break the hard heart, and to heal the broken one.”
– John Newton
“My grand point in preaching is to break the hard heart, and to heal the broken one.”
– John Newton
What’s the difference between preaching and motivational speaking? A lot of what passes for preaching today is more like spiritualized motivational speaking. But preaching should be more than self-help in church clothing. So what is it that sets a sermon apart from any other speech? I believe two things are foundational to every single sermon…
Have you ever bombed a sermon? I definitely have more times than I want to remember. The thing I find to be true is that most of the time when I preach bad it was because I didn’t prepare properly: I got too busy during the week and didn’t put the time in. I cut…
Passion is a key ingredient to good preaching. Nobody wants to listen to a passionless preacher. However, passion alone doesn’t make a speaker good. It takes more than passion to preach. You still need the fundamental principles of effective public speaking. Watch this infamous video to see what I’m talking about: Can’t see the video?…
The other day I failed miserably as a husband. I didn’t try to. In fact, I was actually trying to be an awesome husband. But it completely blew up in my face. My wife, who was 6 months pregnant at the time, was having a tough day. Our baby boy was really starting to move…
The clock is ticking. The deadline must be met. But then it strikes… sermon writer’s block! Oh no! Like every week, the church needs a sermon. A good sermon. But when you sit at the computer and open a new word doc, your mind is as blank as the page in front of you. The cursor…
Most people would say that they love a good book, but I fear we’re losing the discipline of reading in our culture today. In our ever-increasing pace and the all-consuming busyness of our lives, more people are turning to social media blurbs, podcasts, and headlines for their information. Doesn’t it seem like fewer people are…
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Great quote, thanks for sharing.