Knowing Your Audience Makes Preaching Effective

Knowing Your Audience Makes Preaching Effective Another thing we learn from advertising as we approach our preaching: Knowing your audience makes preaching effective in the minds and hearts of the hearers.  This is part of a series of posts…

The Linear Model of Communication and Preaching

The Linear Model of Communication and Preaching This post is a continuation of a series in which we explore what we can learn from advertising that will make our preaching more impactful.  In this post we consider the linear model of communication…

Pluralism and the Modern Preacher

Pluralism and the Modern Preacher We are considering what we can learn from advertisers that will help us preach more effectively.  We looked at the challenge of preaching to people entrenched in a postmodern perspective.   And we reflected…

Preaching To The PostModern Listener

Preaching To The PostModern Listener In this post we continue to consider the challenges faced by the preacher today.  The theme of this post is the challenge of preaching to the postmodern listener. In the last post we saw that the preacher…

Learn From Advertisers About Preaching

Learn from Advertisers About Preaching A long time ago in this blog I did a series of posts on what we preachers can learn from television producers.  Those posts are here.  With this post I'm beginning a new series on what we preachers can…

The Spirit Uses Past Words To Speak

The Spirit Uses Past Words To Speak As we continue to consider the role of the Spirit in our preaching and teaching, let's remember what we've covered.  We considered that the Holy Spirit anoints us for preaching in our ministry, illuminates…

The Spirit Works On The Preacher

The Spirit Works On The Preacher In this post we are going to explore how the Spirit works on the preacher to accomplish God's plans.  The beginning of this series of posts can be found here. Can You Tell When The Spirit Works? Here's a…

The Holy Spirit Inspires the Word for Preaching

The Holy Spirit Inspires the Word for Preaching In the last post we saw that the Holy Spirit illuminates the Word that we preach.   In this post I want to take a step back and look at the reality that the Holy Spirit inspires the Word for…

The Holy Spirit Illuminates Our Preaching

The Holy Spirit Illuminates Our Preaching We are in a series of posts on how the Holy Spirit is involved in our preaching.  In the last post we considered how the Holy Spirit anoints us for preaching.  In this post we will explore how the…

The Spirit Anoints Us For Preaching

The Spirit Anoints Us For Preaching In the last post we began a consideration of the role of the Holy Spirit in Preaching.  We saw how Paul referred to the power in his preaching.  In this post we will consider how the Spirit anoints us for…