In Preaching Articles: "focus" showing 1-15 of 20

11 Deadly Mistakes That Take The Preaching Focus Away From Jesus

By Jared Moore on Jul 17, 2019

Help your people focus on God and think on God when they leave your service--here are 11 traps to avoid.

Tags: Preaching, mistakes, repeat, delivery

Growing A Church

By Barry O. Johnson on Jun 25, 2018

Should church growth be our focus?

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:12, Matthew 28:20

Tags: Discipleship, Preaching, Church Growth, glorifying God

Preaching To Promote Life Together

By Chris Surber on Sep 27, 2018

Preach with a focus to cultivate life together and nurture incarnate community rather than simple gatherings of people.

4 Questions I Ask Myself Every Week As I Prepare My Sermon

By Dave Workman on Jun 8, 2019

Dave Workman has delivered thousands of sermons. His guidestars are five focus factors, and four key questions.

Tags: Preaching

When The Message Ends, Where Are People Focused?

By Peter Mead on Dec 26, 2018

Where are people looking as they leave? If we're not careful, they will walk out with gaze firmly fixed on self.

Scripture: John 4:1-5:35

Tags: Message, Preaching, Self, focus, listener  (view more)  (view less)

Does Your Preaching Impress Your Old Professor Or Your People?

By Gavin Adams on Oct 11, 2021

A deep, layered and rich sermon might impress some people, but it does it work?

Scripture: Acts 13:15-20

Tags: Preaching, focus, Complicated, point, marinate  (view more)  (view less)

Journey In The Dark

By Peter Mead on Jan 14, 2022

God delights to transform lives. There are many ways to depict this journey of transformation, but let’s focus on one example from the Old Testament.

Scripture: Psalm 131:1-3, Psalm 130:1-8

Tags: Psalms, Transformation, transformed life, Christian Maturity

The Hardest Part Of Ministry: Saying No

By David L. Hansen on Nov 17, 2018

Saying "no" can help focus your ministry, your leadership and your preaching.

Scripture: Luke 1:1-21:24

Tags: Ministry, Preaching, hard, Angelic work, say no  (view more)  (view less)

Are You An Aquarium-Keeping Leader?

By Steven Furtick on Dec 13, 2011

Steven Furtick: "Focus on the people you want to reach and you’ll keep the people you want to keep."

Scripture: Mark 1:1-10:10

Tags: Evangelism, Discipleship, leadership, Preaching, Evangelism The Lost  (view more)  (view less)

The Devil Knows How To Discourage You

By Sermoncentral on May 10, 2022

This is the focus of all Satan’s massive, multifarious strategies: to dis-courage us through dis-belief in God’s promises.

Tags: Satan, Discouragement, give thanks, Discouraged

10 Preaching Mistakes Everyone Can Avoid

By Jared Moore on Jun 9, 2020

If you want to help your hearers focus on God and think on God when they leave your sermon, here are 10 things that you cannot do.

Tags: Preaching, mistakes

10 Mistakes Churches Make At Christmastime

By Jonathan Howe on Dec 21, 2017

Unfortunately stress can lead churches to plan poorly and make unnecessary mistakes. Here are ten such mistakes to avoid in your church this Christmas.

Tags: Christmas, Advent, Holidays, prepare, focus on GOD, Christmas Gospel, church priorities, church leadership  (view more)  (view less)

Sharpen Your Sermon With A God-Centered Checklist

By Jared Moore on Mar 29, 2019

If you want to help your people focus on God when they leave church tomorrow, here are 11 things that you cannot do.

Scripture: Romans 12:1-2

Tags: Preaching, Checklist, joke, Sharpen, God-centered  (view more)  (view less)

Preaching When Times Are Tight

By David R Stokes on Mar 30, 2020

The fact is, when current reality begins to let us down, when times turn tough, even tight, this is a moment for us to shift the focus away from this to that, from now to then, from here to there.

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1

Tags: Preaching, Search

Promote Jesus: Not Personality, Professionalism, Or Brand

By Joe Hoagland on Jan 18, 2022

The church can learn a lot from worldly business and marketing trends but many times churches and church leaders end up promoting the wrong thing.

Tags: Jesus, focus on GOD, Pastoral Character, church marketing