Inspirational Quote from Soren Kierkegaard

Inspirational Quote From Soren Kierkegaard If you regularly follow this blog, you'll know that we are seeking inspiration from masters of the art of preaching.  The first two, John Newton and John Wesley, preached during the 18th century.…

Learning From The Masters

Learning From The Masters In the last post we considered a quote from John Wesley, one of the master preachers of the past.  We continue the theme of learning from the masters of preaching in history in this post.   We consider today a quote…

Inspired By The Masters

Inspired By The Masters In the past few posts we considered the importance of having prayer support if you are a preacher.  Today we turn to the theme, "Inspired by the Masters of preaching.   Recently, I came across the blog of another…

The Personal Prayer Supporters Of The Preacher

The Personal Prayer Supporters Of The Preacher We've been looking at the importance of having people pray for you, the preacher.  We've considered Paul's requests for prayer support, as well as looking at the various levels of prayer supporters…

Gathering Prayer Support As A Preacher

Gathering Prayer Support As A Preacher In the last couple of posts, we've looked at the importance that the Apostle Paul placed on having people praying for him.  In this post we're going to consider how to go about gathering prayer support…

The Apostle Paul Asks For Prayer

The Apostle Paul Asks For Prayer In the last post we started considering the various passages considering how important it is to have people praying for you.  Here are a couple more passages where the Apostle Paul asks for prayer fore himself. The…

Procuring Prayer For the Preacher

,
Procuring Prayer For the Preacher In this post we're going to look at the importance of procuring prayer for the preacher of the Word.  I'm picking up on a theme that I touched on earlier in this blog. I like to listen to books as I…

Planning Sermons Far Ahead

Planning Sermons Far Ahead Planning sermons far ahead can give you an edge in the preaching practice.  We turn to that now from the previous posts on looking like our audience.  I have a friend who doesn't plan far ahead at all.  He is now…

Looking and Feeling Good for Preaching

Looking and Feeling Good For Preaching In the last post we considered how you should dress for preaching.  You should look like your audience, or dress one step more dressy than they do.  In this post I want to consider a somewhat controversial…

Looking Like Your Audience

Looking Like Your Audience We turn now from considering the use of humor in your sermons, as in these last few posts, to a consideration of something most preachers learn the hard way.  Looking like your audience is important.  If you don't,…