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Explore John MacArthur’s Online Sermon Treasury

In Evangelical circles John MacArthur is a renowned preacher and theologian known for his impactful teaching that has touched the lives of many believers. He is a highly respected pastor, author, and teacher known for his powerful sermons and biblical perspectives.

Use Social Media Reinforcement After Your Sermon—And Before!

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.

The Path to Becoming Complete in Christ

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.

3 Reasons Why You Should Pray the Day After the Sermon

God is leading me to a new level of faithfulness after the sermon. Not just a quick summary prayer at the end of the message, but prayer in the nights and days that follow. 

8 Principles for Pastoring in a Politicized Age

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

New Research for Better Preaching

Jesus illustrates to us how we can best effect durable learning by better preaching. But ultimately it requires a learner’s active engagement and God’s work to effect transformation.

5 Christmas Preaching Ideas From One Passage

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

Narrative Preaching: Do You Make These 10 Mistakes?

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

The Doctrine of the Church: Its Meaning, Members, and Means

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones once made this observation: “If we do not understand the…doctrine of the Church, there is a sense in which all its appeals and exhortations and indicatives will be quite meaningless to us.”

4 Quotes About Preaching That Have Recently Challenged Me

I’ve recently spent some time reviewing books about preaching and renewing my fervor for the task. Here are some quotes that have challenged me.

How a Sanctified Imagination Can Improve Your Preaching

A sanctified imagination has the potential to help us connect with the daily lives of our congregation and improve our preaching.

3 Urgent Reasons You Should Preach on Thanksgiving RIGHT NOW

You can capture your congregation’s attention and preach preach on Thanksgiving three weeks “early.” By doing so, you will serve them well, and maybe even make November and December a happier, and more godly, place around your church.

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

I've kept 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.

6 Preaching Mistakes You Can Make in the First 5 Minutes

As preachers, how can we connect? Or better yet, what should we avoid preaching mistakes that create a disconnection?

The Power of Sharing Stories

If you’re a pastor, tell more personal stories in the pulpit. If you’re a filmmaker, understand the power of dramatic structure for sharing stories.

The Gospel in The Old Testament

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

Preach Grace Until It Feels Dangerous

I wonder what proportion of gospel preachers really preach the radical message of God’s grace, and how many feel the need to qualify it and augment it and protect it? When we preach grace, how do we over-qualify it?

What Color Were Jesus’s Eyes?

In my experience too many Christians are taught to avoid subjective experiences with God. At the close of William Sampson’s wonderful book, Meeting Jesus, he asks, “What was the color of Jesus’s eyes?”

We Don’t Need Cops in the Pulpit — We Need the Yoke of Discipleship

There's a big difference between drawing a crowd and preaching a sermon. The church is desperate for life-giving preachers who urge us to take the yoke of discipleship.

Preaching About It *IS* Doing Something About It

It seems like all “we” do is preach about problems without actually doing something about them.

Michael Martin: How Church Boards Can Help Their Pastors Be Healthy

ECFA president and CEO Michael Martin joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about his organization’s new leadership standard and how church boards can help provide pastors greater care and accountability.

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