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Can You Preach These Three Simple Words?

Sometimes less is more. Jonathan Parnell shows us how.

15 Fallacies About Seeker-Sensitive Preaching

What's so bad about adapting your sermon to your audience?

Preaching on the Run: 7 Tips for Bi-Vocational Pastors

Seriously: who has 30 hours a week for sermon prep?

5 Ways to Diagnose Passion-less Preaching

It ain't a lecture; it's a sermon!

Four Problems with Passionate Preaching

Just because we feel strongly about our message doesn't mean we should strong-arm our listeners.

Naming Your Sermon: 7 Ways to Connect

Sherman Cox suggests a checklist for creativity. Try it:

Grace That Makes People Flinch

Can you embrace scandalous grace?

Are You Preaching Christian Fairy Tales?

James Scott, Jr. warns against a "theology of action and adventure."

Preaching for Life Change

How can our preaching lead to Christ-like convictions that produce Christ-like character?

Checklist: 8 Things to Avoid at your Sermon's Start

If you want your audience to dislike you, please, go ahead and use these eight tired ideas.

What Does it Mean to be a Preacher?

Do we pretend to be something different than what we are?

Share Your Sermon on Thursday

How Brian Croft invited others into his sermon preparation and found rich resources.

How You Can Preach with Authenticity

People don't just want to know what you know, but how you feel about what you know.

Pinpoint Preaching: Reaching the Few

Sometimes "small and strategic preaching" bears fruit 30, 60, & 100-fold.

Are You a Preacher or Motivational Speaker?

It might be true, it might even be helpful. But is it preaching?

Will 1,000 Sermons Change Your Life?

Pastors who elevate the Scriptures week after week teach their people to approach the Bible in the same way.

Preaching Beyond the Skeleton

An outline is not a sermon. It needs muscle, blood, and flesh.

4 Ways You Can Know Your Sermon Was Effective

We preach hoping for the message to mark and transform lives as it is preached.

3 Steps to Preaching Without Notes

Go ahead: throw away the lifeline! Here's how to get started.

Listen to Your Sermon Before You Preach It

Sermons are not made for paper; they are made for people. We should listen before we preach.

Steve Robinson: How To Create a Culture of Service in Your...

Steve Robinson joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can foster a culture of serving in their churches, raise up new leaders, and help people discover their giftings.

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