Monthly Archives: May 2008
Tired of Preaching?
It’s Monday morning. You have woken to a few moments of contentment before remembering yesterday. Perhaps your sermon flopped. Perhaps you were strongly criticized. Perhaps you just felt totally wiped out and emotionally drained. So today you are tired of … Continue reading
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Remember This
With the increase in TV, radio and internet, it is easier to hear preaching than ever before. Along with the blessing this may bring, there is also an added pressure. Perhaps you sense it, or even hear about it? People … Continue reading
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Sensible Solo Sermon Selection
There are times when we can select a single passage to preach, a stand-alone sermon. Some people only ever preach this way. Others rarely preach this way. So how do we select the passage? Well, it’s a good idea to … Continue reading
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Preaching Tired
A good friend and commenter on this site sent me a list of about twenty lessons he’d noted after preaching a sermon recently. I am indebted to Tim for the prompts for yesterday’s post, today’s, and probably a few more … Continue reading
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Last Minute Sermon Preparation
I have a personal principle on this issue. If I genuinely have had to prepare at the last minute, then I ask God for help and know that He understands. But then there is a second part to it too … Continue reading
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Gifted to Preach
It’s an important question, but not a simple one. I hope we would all agree that preaching has much more to do with gift than degree. But which gift? Obviously the gift of teaching is the typical one people point … Continue reading
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