Preaching & Teaching

Funerals: 6 Things We Should–and Shouldn’t–Do

Is a funeral the proper venue for preaching? These guidelines will help.

Derwin Gray: I Prepare My Sermons by Dancing

Before I prepare a sermon, Jesus must prepare me.

Preaching Advice You Don’t Often Hear: “Make ‘Em Laugh”

Humor is a must for good preaching. It disarms, engages and reinforces a good preacher's points. But only good humor.

5 Ways to Shorten Your Sermon

Sometimes, the toughest decision is not what to include, but what to cut.

Messed-up Bible “Heroes” and What We Can Learn From Them

"The thing that amazes me is how many of those “great lives” were actually lived by damaged people with serious family issues."

12 Benefits of Team Leadership

The labor is too important, when souls are in the balance, to go at it on our own.

Eight Reasons We Preach

Another year of preaching. So why do we do it? Your answers mean the difference between great preaching or just phoning it in.

True Story: The Guiness Record for the World’s Longest Sermon

Pastor Zach Zehnder of Cross Church began his quest on Fri., Nov. 7, and by Sunday had preached for 53 hours and 18 minutes.