The Best Sermon Critics

The Best Sermon Critics We are considering how to avoid the great sermon sucking black hole.  In other words, how do we make our sermons memorable enough that they aren't forgotten by Monday Morning.  In this post we are going to ask the…

Avoiding the Sermon Sucking Black Hole

Avoiding The Sermon Sucking Black Hole In the last post I shared a memorable sermon--the 0nly memorable sermon--of one of my pastors during my childhood and youth.  In this post we will consider one of  the how-to's of avoiding the sermon…

Thinking About the Black Hole for Preaching

Thinking About the Black Hole For Preaching Since the last post, I've been thinking about the black hole for preaching as described in that reflection.  I think of two of the preachers from my own personal past.  I grew up in a very conservative…

The Sermon Sucking Black Hole

The Sermon Sucking Black Hole The Sermon Sucking Black Hole is the title of a book by David R. Mains.  I found this book in the pile  in my study that I hope to get to some day.  I was intrigued by the title, of course.   For those of you…

Hanging On To Integrity

Hang Onto Integrity In the last post we began a consideration of integrity.  We saw how important it is to the preacher who wants to continue to be heard.  In this post we're going to reflect on why you must hang onto integrity in your life…

Preaching With Integrity In Your Ministry

Preaching With Integrity We just completed a series of posts on the importance of preaching with passion.  Now we turn to another important subject: the importance of preaching with integrity in your ministry with your congregation.  Let's…

Preaching With Passion Involves Your Body

Preaching With Passion Involves Your Body This will likely be the last post that I do on preaching with passion.  If you want to review what we considered in this journey, the first post is at this link.  In this post I want to examine how…

Brokenness Can Add Passion

Brokenness Can Add Passion We are exploring how to express more passion in your preaching.  The first post in this series is here.  In this post we will consider that brokenness adds passion to your  preaching The year 2006 was a crossroads…

Preaching with Conviction Creates Passion

Preaching with Conviction Creates Passion We are in a series of blog posts on preaching with passion.  In the last post we saw that preaching with compassion creates passion.  In this post we are going to explore how preaching with conviction…

Developing Compassion So You Can Preach With Passion

Developing Compassion So You Can Preach With Passion We are considering how to grow the element of passion in your preaching.  The last post introduced the idea that experiencing  compassion will directly impact passion.  The subject of…