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Every pastor should have a story like this: Beware church visitors bearing gifts
I still chuckle every time I think about this. Several years ago, two sisters visited the church where I serve as pastor. After the service they spent twenty minutes telling me how I should have preached the text and pointed … Continue reading
P. T. Forsyth on preaching as “the most distinctive institution in Christianity”
Please note that I have added the paragraph breaks to make it easier to read. This was all one paragraph in the original. Preaching (I have said), is the most distinctive institution in Christianity. It is quite different from oratory. … Continue reading
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Sermon Starter: Psalm 1
I preach through Psalm 1 once a year. This is the outline I used a few years ago. Remember that a sermon is not a sermon until it’s preached so you’ll have to have more than this to preach it but … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible study, exposition, preaching, Psalms, Sermon Outline
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Preaching the text versus preaching from the text
I’ve heard many sermons in my day that made important, truthful, relevant points from the text of Scripture but that I would still say fell short of actually preaching the text. What I mean is that the text was the … Continue reading
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Overcoming Emotional Blockages to your Preaching
God has made us each with an emotional aspect to our personalities. Some react more based on their emotions while others may respond more based on reason. (Contrary to popular belief, the gender stereotypes are not correct here because this … Continue reading
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Don’t choose style over substance in your preaching
Here are three ways we choose style over substance along with some thoughts on avoiding these problems. 1. We spend more time on the illustrations than we do wrestling with the text. In my tradition the danger usually lies in … Continue reading
Three Things People Should Hear in Every Sermon You Preach
There are some things that should be standard practice in every sermon. To learn to do these every time will take preparation and practice but they will make you a better, that is, a more Christ-centered and text-driven, preacher. 1. … Continue reading
Martin Luther: Three Principles Every Preacher Should Have
It is not necessary for a preacher to express all his thoughts in one sermon. A preacher should have three principles: first, to make a good beginning, and not spend time with many words before coming to the point; secondly, … Continue reading
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My one rule of preaching and the answer to the question “What is your preaching style?”
I get asked this question from time-to-time: “What is your preaching style?” (as I’m sure many pastors do) and the answer isn’t easy. “Expository” is probably the best technical term, but I don’t think that’s what people are looking for when … Continue reading
Using Greek and Hebrew in the Pulpit
How much do you use the Greek and Hebrew that you learned? How do you handle these things when preaching? These are questions that are often asked in seminary classes and asked back and forth among pastors. The danger on … Continue reading
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Tagged Greek, Hebrew, languages, pastoral ministry, preaching
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