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Does Your Preaching Connect the Dots Between the Cross and Discipleship?

Discover how personal identification and participation with Jesus marks the life of each disciple—past, present and future.

We Try to Preach “Wow!” but Too Many People Hear “Blah, Blah”

Part of the preacher’s role is to slow people down and to help them make sense of what the text is actually saying.

Easter Is “Ground Zero” for Preaching

Easter is the real ground zero of the Christian faith. We tend to, or should, return to it week after week. So what do we do when Easter comes around?

People Have 5 Senses: Why Not Preach to All of Them?

One pastor's list of how he has engaged all the senses through his preaching. Have you ever tried?

How Long Should It Take to Prepare Your Sermon?

How could there be only one answer? Charles Stone suggests five factors to consider.

10 Life-Changing Pointers for Young Preachers

Sage advice (really for all of us) from veteran preacher Peter Mead.

How God Uses Our Preaching to Change—Us!

"When it comes to personal growth, the world has plenty of solutions, and all of them are incomplete."

4 Threats to Every Sermon You Preach

The reason we have to work harder to gain and keep attention has to do with what competes for the attention of our people every time we preach.

What Brian Williams Has to Teach Us About Preaching

Pastor Rob Pochek details four solid lessons we can draw from current events.

Vulnerable Preaching Asks: “My God, My God, Why … ?”

Don't preach Sunday morning without coming to terms with Friday evening, because Friday evening is where your congregation lives during the week.

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.

Inject Your Sermon With Grace—Here’s How

It's true: We can preach grace to the point of ignoring the truth. But that's not usually our problem.

6 Preaching Methods Jesus Used That You Should, Too

If there is anyone we should emulate in our preaching, it's Jesus! Thom Rainer suggests these specific areas.

Thanks, Hollywood, for Setting the Preaching Bar Too High

Pastors are not called to win Academy Awards in screenwriting. We're called to build the Kingdom brick by brick.

6 Reasons Andy Stanley Connects With His Listeners

Michael Lukaszewski offers six compelling reasons why Andy Stanley is one of the top communicators of our time.

Watch Out! There Are at Least 7 Mistakes You Can Make AFTER the Altar Call

Too many times, at this crucial point, perfectly normal worship services turn into "The Phantom of the Opera."

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.

How One Small Change Can Energize Any Sermon

Take your sermon from bland to flavor by seasoning it with personal reflections of the infinite value of Christ, his beauty and unsurpassed glory.

7 Ways to Bait the Hook for This Weekend’s Sermon

It's the weekend, and you're thinking, "Oh no, how am I going to start this message?"

‘The Church Is Called To Salt, Not Sugar,’ Says Pastor John...

John Amanchukwu Sr. serves as the First Assistant to the Senior Pastor and the Youth Pastor at the Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Andy Bannister: How Pastors and Churches Can Stop Living as ‘Undercover...

Dr. Andy Bannister joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how pastors and church members can share their faith boldly, strategically, and without fear.

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