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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
By Joe Hoagland on Apr 9, 2022
What if I told you there is one main thing you can improve to make people want to come back time and time again.
Tags: Preaching, illustration, Time of Reflection, sermon prep, Sermon Prep, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Ed Stetzer on Oct 18, 2021
"Preach the gospel. Use words if necessary." There are two basic problems with this quote: One, Francis never said it, and two, the quote is not biblical.
Scripture: Acts 2:42-47
Tags: Preaching, earnest, understandable, st francis of assisi, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Fred Craddock on May 27, 2023
Dr. Craddock describes his voice as "the wind whistling through a splinter on a post." Here's how this master preacher learned to compensate.
Scripture: Mark 5:1-12, Mark 7:1-23
Tags: Christ, Worship, Preaching, Demoniac, swine, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Jimmy Gentry on Dec 21, 2018
How would John the Baptizer respond if he were to show up during Advent in any given city in America today?
Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17
Tags: Christmas, Worship, repentance, prepare, john the baptist (view more) (view less)
By Sherman Haywood Cox on Aug 2, 2021
God inspired His Word and our preaching. But does that mean there's no room for improvement?
Tags: Preaching, the word, pious, notion, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Ed Stetzer on Sep 1, 2021
LifeWay Research discovered four common factors in good preaching. Are they part of yours?
Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:12
Tags: Truth, Preaching, the word, ed stetzer
By Karl Vaters on Apr 26, 2024
We can either whine about how the new generation chooses to worship, or we can worship and minister with them. But we can’t do both.
Scripture: John 7:24
Tags: Perspective, Culture, church culture, Christian Priorities, future generations, church priorities, Generations, e, perspective, culture (view more) (view less)
By Joe Mckeever on Nov 4, 2019
Those who demand a Scripture verse for everything they do place an intolerable burden on the Christian life never intended by the Heavenly Father.
Tags: Bible, Preaching, verse, Demand, Word, e (view more) (view less)
By SermonCentral on Jun 28, 2022
Ten effects of seeing God’s sovereignty in Romans 9 and their effects on the life and ministry of John Piper.
Scripture: Romans 9:1-33
Tags: Romans, Prayer, God's Word, God's sovereignty
By Ray Hollenbach on Aug 25, 2022
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” ~ C.S. Lewis
Scripture: Proverbs 4:19
Tags: Gems, Quotes, Wise Words, Illustrations, e (view more) (view less)
By SermonCentral on Jan 10, 2019
Phil Strout: "Everyone has an opinion. And guess what? So does God, and he's communicated it to us."
Tags: Bible, Word of God, Opinion, communicate, phil strout (view more) (view less)
By SermonCentral on Oct 7, 2021
There are certain elements that must be included in every single sermon that we ever preach. They are non-negotiable.
Tags: Fellowship, Communion, Preaching, Quiet time, time in the word (view more) (view less)
By Peter Mead on Apr 22, 2024
People can usually sense if you are not being genuine.
Tags: relationships, Confess Sin, God's Word, Genuine Faith
By SermonCentral on Apr 14, 2022
Each week, the most important time for all of us who preach or teach for a living is our preparation time.
Scripture: Ephesians 4:26, Romans 12:10-11, Romans 12:16
Tags: Preaching, relationships, preaching the Word, Family Relationships, preaching (view more) (view less)
By H.b. Charles, Jr. on Nov 11, 2021
The fact that God knows our story--individually and corporately, from beginning to end--means we need not specialize in "Saturday night specials."
Scripture: Psalm 100:1-5
Tags: Preaching, Prayer, corporate worship, preaching calendar, talk to team, preaching (view more) (view less)