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Is Your Church Stuck Or Just Small?

By Sermoncentral on Jan 23, 2019

If your church is healthy, quit stressing about getting bigger. God may not be calling you to bigness.

Scripture: Acts 1:1-15

Tags: Growth, Church Growth, Healthy Church, Effective, Small Church  (view more)  (view less)

Restore Passion To Your Preaching: 3 Essential Steps

By Ken Davis on Jan 22, 2019

Do you sometimes find yourself preaching only because "Sunday is coming"?

Scripture: 2 Samuel 13:1-19

Tags: Preaching, Preparation, Passion, Process, Restore  (view more)  (view less)

The One Thing Nearly Everyone Forgets When It Comes To Hermeneutics

By Peter Mead on Jan 21, 2019

One key dimension tends to be overlooked when we talk about hermeneutics: the interpreter's heart.

Scripture: Psalms 10:1-17

Tags: Revelation, Preaching, Advice, Hermeneutics

Don't Get Caught In The Practical Preaching Trap

By Chris Surber on Jan 19, 2019

Life isn't a series of problems to be solved. It is a journey to be lived out.

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:1-18

Tags: Preaching, Practical, Trap, Glorify God, Corporate Worship  (view more)  (view less)

How One Preacher Responds To The Faith Vs. Science Debate: Everyone Lives By Faith

By Joe Mckeever on Jan 18, 2019

The simple fact is everyone on the planet lives by faith. LIFE is a faith thing. For everyone.

Scripture: Habakkuk 2:4-6

Tags: Preaching, Debate, Living By Faith, Faith Vs Science

A Crucial Question: The Why Of Expository Preaching

By Sermoncentral on Jan 17, 2019

It's not just academic; it's essential for life-giving sermons.

Scripture: Numbers 6:24-27, Joshua 6:6-27, Joshua 4:5-16

Tags: Preaching, Expository, Essential, Academic, Life-Giving  (view more)  (view less)

Finish Your Sermon Strong: 10 Mistakes To Avoid

By Peter Mead on Jan 16, 2019

Finishing a sermon is neither easy nor natural. Here's help!

Scripture: Numbers 12:1-16, Exodus 6:9-12

Tags: Preaching, Mistakes, Avoid, Finish, Conclusion, Sermon Prep  (view more)  (view less)

Do You Have The Courage To Tear Your Sermon In Half?

By John Mcclure on Jan 15, 2019

Overcome slow starts by taking a knife to your opening!

Tags: Preaching, Advice, Rehash, Cutting Room

Of Course My Preaching Is Balanced--I Think

By Peter Mead on Jan 14, 2019

We tend to view ourselves as impartial and somehow capable of adjudicating "healthy balance" based on our own perspective. But how small our perspective can be at times.

Scripture: Daniel 9:4

Tags: Read, Preaching, Balance, Devour

Your Preaching Should Be Out Of This World--Seriously

By Sherman Cox on Jan 12, 2019

Beware of preaching that merely provides tools to help us become better situated in this present world rather than helping us to become ambassadors of the coming Kingdom.

Tags: Gospel, Preaching, Poverty, Debate, Confront  (view more)  (view less)

Have We Been Preaching The Wrong Message From Revelation?

By Ed Cyzewski on Jan 11, 2019

This misunderstood book offers us a message of hope that the darkness of today will one day relent when God's all-powerful light will restore creation.

Tags: Revelation, Preaching, Wrong, Meaning, Context  (view more)  (view less)

The Bible Works!

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)

Preparation And Trust: A Preacher's Tug Of War

By Todd Hahn on Jan 9, 2019

There's a natural tension between preparation and trust, but one line we should never cross is trusting in our own preparation.

Scripture: John 19:28

Tags: Trust, Preaching, Preparation, Tension, Tug Of War  (view more)  (view less)

Do You Answer The Right Questions When You Preach?

By Mike Glenn on Jan 8, 2019

Yes, we have the answer, but are we asking the right questions?

Scripture: Luke 23:40-45

Tags: Answer, Gospel, Preaching, Discontent, Millennials  (view more)  (view less)

Ten Preaching Errors We Can All Avoid

By Jared Moore on Jan 7, 2019

Bad habits creep up softly. Have any of these slipped into your preaching?

Scripture: Esther 1:1-4:31

Tags: Preaching, Neglect, Error, Avoid