Notes or No Notes?
Are you a notes or no notes preacher? That’s the question for today’s post. In the last post we saw that it is helpful to have a map, or outline for your message. Now the question is how you lead people…
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Creating a map
In the last post we saw that one of the most effective ways of creating a sermon is to pick one point, one major idea that you are going to bring to people in a memorable way. …
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One Point Preaching
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was one of the great speakers in the history of the United States. People still study…
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In my last post, I listed three goals, or destinations for your sermon: to get knowledge into your hearers' heads, to get Christ-like living into their hearts, and to inspire them in difficult times.…
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The last three posts have had to do with the introduction to a message. Now we turn to the body of the sermon. One of the secrets to having a successful sermon is to know where you are going with your message.…
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We are considering how to "hook" people with good introductions to our messages. We've seen so far that a story will accomplish that. So will a shocking statement. Today we are exploring the fact that an intriguing…
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The in the last post, we began to look at the subject of the introduction to a sermon. We saw that a good story captures peoples' attention, and then serves as the gateway into the message itself. Today we are…
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In the next series of posts we are going to look at how you go about developing a sermon. I will assume that you have done the basic work referred to earlier in this blog, things like defining the main point of a passage,…
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The title of this post is a famous quote by Phillips Brooks, a well-known preacher from the middle 19th century in the United States. It was in a series of lectures at Yale University that he gave this definition of preaching: Preaching is,…
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Speak in Pictures
My grocery store has them. So does the gas station that I use. So does the restaurant where I occasionally lunch. What am I referring to? Screens--lots of screens.…
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Notes or No Notes Preaching
Top Preaching TipsCreate a Map
Top Preaching TipsMake One Point
Developing a sermonIt's About Jesus
Developing a sermon, Top Preaching TipsKnow Where You Are Going
Top Preaching TipsAn Intriguing Question Makes a Good Introduction
Developing a sermon, Top Preaching TipsShocking Truth Makes a Good Introduction
Developing a sermonIntroductions Are More Important Than You Think
Developing a sermonCommunication of Truth Through Personality
Preparing to Preach, Top Preaching TipsLearn to Speak In Pictures
Preparing to Preach, Top Preaching Tips