In Preaching Articles: "Watered Down" showing 1-15 of 26

Your Unchurched Neighbors Don’t Want A Watered-Down Sermon

By Carey Nieuwhof on May 8, 2023

Can you craft a message series for unchurched people and still be faithful to scripture?

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Preaching For Life-Change

By Rick Long on Jun 10, 2018

Does preaching for life-change always produce a watered down message?

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Slow Down, Big Fella—what A Motorcyclist Taught Me About Preaching

By Joe Mckeever on Mar 2, 2023

Nowhere in Scripture do we see Jesus shifting into oratorical overdrive and putting on a show for the people.

Scripture: Philemon 1:1-20

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Ok, Your Sermon Is Complete, But Here's One Way To Improve Tomorrow's Delivery

By Nicholas Mcdonald on Sep 12, 2021

The content is solid and the application is spot on, but there's one more way to improve.

Scripture: John 17:1-11

Tags: Slow down, Preaching, Confidence, slow down

Why Bible Reading Is Down At Your Church

By Peter Mead on Dec 4, 2018

The most recent research presents troubling results. How does your church measure up?

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Two Urgent Questions: Nail Them Down Before You Preach

By Lane Sebring on Nov 7, 2021

Sometimes the best sermon prep is the questions you ask yourself.

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A Word From A 2700 Year Old Pastor

By Lance Witt on Apr 15, 2021

Pastors listen to other pastors. We listen to other people in ministry who are down in the trenches doing the hard work of leading others.

Scripture: Jeremiah 6:16

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Four Reasons To Slow Down

By SermonCentral on Apr 5, 2022

We cannot love what we do not linger over.

Scripture: Romans 8:29, Colossians 1:10, 2 Peter 3:9, Galatians 5:22

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The Radical Experiment: One Year To A Church Turned Upside Down

By David Platt on Mar 4, 2018

David Platt dares pastors and their congregations to take a leap of faith and test the claims contained in the gospel.

Scripture: Matthew 9:35-38

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Preaching When Times Are Tight

By David R Stokes on Mar 29, 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

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Preaching: A Ten-Year Conversation

By Ray Hollenbach on Aug 13, 2018

After we step down from the pulpit, we are still involved in the lives of our people. In fact, their lives become an indicator of how effective our preaching really is.

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One Dozen Liberating Life Lessons That Give Pastors Rest For Their Souls

By Ray Hollenbach on Oct 27, 2019

We are loaded down with so many "shoulds," we find ourselves paralyzed by the inability to apply what we know.

Tags: Rest, Soul, Preaching, life lessons

Slow Down! And Connect Your Preaching To Lectio Divina

By C. Christopher Smith on Oct 31, 2019

If we re-cast preaching as a kind of "slow reading," we might lead our congregations into deeper engagement with the biblical text--and with one another.

Scripture: Luke 23:45-46, Psalm 1:1-6

Tags: lectio divina, slow reading, Preaching, exegesis

Too Many Listeners Hear Blah, Blah While We Try To Present Wow, Wow!

By Peter Mead on Nov 20, 2019

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

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7 Helps Every Wedding Sermon Should Contain

By Joe Mckeever on Apr 14, 2019

"What words of lasting value and incredible help can you utter during the ceremony that will make a difference down the road a year or two or ten?"

Scripture: Psalm 66:1-20

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