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Why Does Paul Use That Downer Verse From Psalm 44 in Romans 8?

Mike Leake - February 8, 2023

How to Format Your Sermon to Maximize Personal Connection

5 Different Ways to Prepare a Sermon: Pastors Share Their Secrets

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4 Christmas Lessons From Joseph of Nazareth

Ray Hollenbach - December 7, 2022

We get the Christmas story from the scriptures. Good preaching highlights the fact that Christmas stories are also scripture Christmas lessons.

Preaching & Teaching

Narrative Preaching: Do You Make these 10 Mistakes?

Peter Mead - December 5, 2022

Let's consider the pitfalls we must avoid in order to preach with power when we take up narrative preaching. Too many preachers miss these vital skills necessary to preach the narrative portions of the scripture

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15 Great Christmas Sermon Tips Every Preacher Needs

Peter Mead - December 2, 2022

There's no shortage of advice for Christmas sermons -- and we need all the help we can get! Peter Mead of BiblicalPreaching.net offers 15 practical suggestions for Christmas sermons.

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5 Christmas Preaching Ideas From One Passage

Ray Hollenbach - November 30, 2022

There might be enough material to ignite all of your Christmas preaching in just one passage. Take Luke’s famous account of the annunciation.

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Making Disciples: 3 Texts You Must Preach

Ray Hollenbach - November 7, 2022

We're called to fulfill the Great Commission, which means making disciples. Here are three foundational passages for anyone who longs to preach about something more than a fire-insurance relationship with Jesus.

Articles for Pastors

7 Deadly Sins of Guest Preaching

Chris Pascarella - November 4, 2022

Stay away from these deadly sins and have your next guest preaching opportunity go better than you ever imagined!

Pastors

The Path to Becoming Complete in Christ

Ray Hollenbach - November 2, 2022

The Apostle Paul exchanged one kind of teaching for another. As a result, he had but one goal for his converts: that they would resemble Jesus, that is, become complete in Christ.

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Use Social Media Reinforcement After Your Sermon–And Before!

Joe Hoagland - October 28, 2022

You spend countless hours preparing a sermon and then you get up to preach. You pour into the congregation for thirty minutes or more and then what? Social media reinforcement can help.

Pastors

How Faith Makes You Whole

Brandon Cox - October 26, 2022

Among most Christians today, there are two competing interpretations about how faith makes you whole.

Pastors

6 Preaching Mistakes You Can Make in the First 5 Minutes

Gavin Adams - October 11, 2022

Preaching mistakes -- especially early in your message -- can destroy connection with your listeners.

Pastors

8 Principles for Pastoring in a Political Age

Jesse Johnson - September 14, 2022

Rightly practiced, pastoring and preaching doesn’t minimize the trials of the week, but simply regulates them to a different kingdom.

Pastors

Quotes About Grace: 15 Magnificent Quotes to Lift Your Spirit

Ray Hollenbach - September 2, 2022

Before we can sing God's song, we must fill our lungs with grace.

Articles for Pastors

God Is in Control: If That’s True, Then What About These Pressing Questions?

Ray Hollenbach - July 26, 2022

I'd like to suggest that there's a world of difference between "Everything happens for a reason" and "God brings reason out of everything that happens." This is how I see the phrase, God is in control.

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Words Are Cheap; Repentance is Costly

Ray Hollenbach - July 19, 2022

Tucked away in Matthew’s gospel (and only Matthew’s gospel, 21:28-32) is the short parable regarding repentance.

Pastors

Spiritual Wisdom – 33 Quotes From Great Christians to Help Every Pastor

Ray Hollenbach - July 15, 2022

I've keep a notebook of the wisest sayings I've ever heard from my most trusted teachers. Good pastoring and great preaching comes from collecting -- and using -- the spiritual wisdom of those who have gone before us.

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Carey Nieuwhof: 5 Ways to Get Better at Preaching on Camera

Carey Nieuwhof - July 12, 2022

I didn’t realize how heavily I relied on my ability to ‘read’ an audience and see how my message is tracking until I spoke straight into the camera in an empty room for the first time.

Articles for Pastors

The Gospel in The Old Testament

Robby Gallaty - July 4, 2022

We can’t truly appreciate the New Testament without an understanding of the Old Testament.

Pastors

The Church Needs Preaching That Lasts – Not “Particle Board Preaching”

Nicholas Batzig - June 29, 2022

Particle board preaching, like particle board furniture, can be made to look attractive from the outside, is affordable, and convinces us that it will get the job done; but it won't have lasting spiritual benefit for the souls of the people who listen to it. It is not preaching that lasts.

Articles for Pastors

Sermon Prep: Why Do You Spend so Much Time on It?

Eric Geiger - June 22, 2022

Regardless how much time a pastor spends in sermon prep, a common question can be “why.” Why do you spend so much time in sermon prep?

Articles for Pastors

Why Does God Command Violence in the Old Testament?

Jefferson Bethke - May 7, 2022

Is God's personality inconsistent between the Old and New Testaments? N.T. Wright and Jefferson Bethke discuss it.

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