In Preaching Articles: "Relevant" showing 1-15 of 17

Connect With Your Listeners: 7 Strategies To Make Your Preaching Relevant

By Peter Mead on Feb 1, 2010

The Bible is relevant. We don't need to "make it relevant," but we do need to demonstrate how it is relevant.

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Tags: Preaching

5 Ways To Make Your Preaching More Practical And Relevant

By Rick Ezell on Mar 30, 2018

Use these methods to practically reach people suffering from real hurts, problems, doubts, fears, and anxieties gnawing at their faith.

Scripture: Acts 17:16-34, Romans 10:4

Tags: Preaching, Culture, Self, Relevance, audience, application  (view more)  (view less)

Practically Impractical

By Chris Surber on Mar 23, 2017

In all of our efforts to be relevant are we forgetting the mysterious beauty of God?

Tags: Kingdom, God's Kingdom, mystery of Christ, eternal perspective

Are You Willing To Be Misunderstood -- From The Pulpit?

By Sherman Haywood Cox on Dec 3, 2018

Sherman Cox takes up Will Willimon's challenge to preachers everywhere.

Scripture: Philippians 4:1-13

Tags: Gospel, Preaching, Relevance, Confront, will willimon  (view more)  (view less)

3 Reasons Pastors Don't Connect With Millennials

By Tyler Braun on Sep 10, 2020

Can your preaching reach the up-and-coming generations? Tyler Braun points out the most common barriers.

Tags: Youth, Preaching, Relevant

One Critical Conviction

By Peter Mead on Apr 29, 2021

A preaching ministry is built on a whole set of convictions. Convictions about God, the Gospel, about people, about ministry.

Tags: Communication, Bible Influence, Bible Relevance, reading the bible, communication  (view more)  (view less)

5 Ways To Grab—and Hold—attention When You Preach

By Charles Stone on Oct 2, 2019

Good news! There are ways we can help people pay more attention to our sermons.

Scripture: Isaiah 1:1-66:24

Tags: Preaching, Attention, Relevant, mood, novelty  (view more)  (view less)

15 Short, Great Tips For Christmas Preaching

By Peter Mead on Dec 17, 2020

Peter Mead of BiblicalPreaching.net offers 15 practical suggestions. At least one or two are sure to fit your needs.

Scripture: Mark 2:2-8:1

Tags: Christmas, Fresh, Preaching, Relevance, opportunity  (view more)  (view less)

Every Sermon Needs A Strategy: What's Yours?

By Peter Mead on Nov 13, 2014

Peter Mead presents five big questions you should ask after you've studied the text.

Scripture: Zephaniah 1:12-18, 2 Corinthians 1:3-12:23, Acts 8:26-40

Tags: Preaching, Relevance, God's Heart, main idea, reinforce  (view more)  (view less)

5 Ways To Get People To Pay Attention To Your Sermons

By Charles Stone on Nov 15, 2016

One of the most disconcerting feelings we pastors experience is when we prepare a sermon and pour our heart into it, yet feel that it didn’t make a difference in people’s lives.

Tags: Communication, Preaching, Relevance, sermons

Piper's Authority For Preaching

By Sermoncentral on Mar 24, 2020

In this video John Piper answers the question, "What Bible passages do you use to base your claims about how we should preach?"

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-4:2

Tags: Bible, Lesson, Joshua, Preaching, Learning, Doctrine, Relevant, bible truth, Authority  (view more)  (view less)

Is Your Preaching Too Deep Or Too Shallow?

By Craig Groeschel on Apr 5, 2018

Craig Groeschel discusses the challenge of preaching with simplicity, practicality, and relevance while remaining spiritual enough to change lives.

Scripture: Hebrews 5:13

Tags: Teaching, Preaching, deep, Prep, Leadership General, e  (view more)  (view less)

4 Ingredients Of A Home Run Sermon

By Rick Ezell on Apr 9, 2018

Can your preaching hit a home run week in and week out? Sunday comes every seven days whether your sermon is prepared or not.

Scripture: Mark 6:12

Tags: Teaching, Preaching, preparation, Religion, Relevance  (view more)  (view less)

Build Your Sermon Series On The Wonder, Worry And Wishes Of Your Congregation

By Charles Arn on Jul 24, 2014

The most important thing has to do with your sermon topics. They should address people's life issues and questions about the faith.

Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34, Job 21:7-34

Tags: Preaching, worry, Wonder, Relevance, Wish  (view more)  (view less)

6 Traits Of A Biblically Faithful Preacher

By Ben Mandrell on Jul 24, 2018

God has called preachers to be faithful rather than successful. How can we be sure we are staying true to the call?

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:5, 2 Timothy 2:15-3:17

Tags: Faith, Study, Preaching, Culture, Relevance, Biblical  (view more)  (view less)