Acts 2:17     “‘In the last days, God says,

I will pour out my Spirit on all people.

Your sons and daughters will prophesy,

your young men will see visions,

your old men will dream dreams. 

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The Surprise Keeps Preaching Fresh

The Surprise Keeps Preaching Fresh We are considering how to keep preaching fresh.  The first post in this series is here.  We looked at the fact that you need to prioritize preaching in your schedule if you are going to remain fresh as a preacher.  We saw, too, that using aphorisms (short pithy summary statements) […]

Preaching With Aphorisms Adds Freshness

Preaching With Aphorisms Adds Freshness We’re exploring how to keep your messages fresh.  The first in this series of blog posts can be found here.  Today we are going to consider that preaching with aphorisms adds freshness to your messages. What’s An Aphorism, Anyway? Here’s the dictionary definition of an aphorism from the Cambridge Dictionary: […]

Prioritizing Time For Fresh Preaching

Prioritizing Time For Fresh Preaching In the last post I began exploring how to keep your preaching fresh.  We continue that theme here by considering how to go about prioritizing time for fresh preaching for yourself and your people. Create a Routine That Prioritizes Time for Fresh Preaching This certainly is a challenge, at least […]

Keeping Your Preaching Fresh Requires Time

Keeping Your Preaching Fresh Requires Time We are at the beginning of a series of posts on how to keep your preaching fresh.  Here’s the first post in this series.  Keeping your preaching fresh requires time for preparation.  That’s the theme for today. The Old Way I found one of my first sermons ever while […]

Keeping Your Preaching Fresh

Keeping Your Preaching Fresh As noted last time, we have come to the end of the rather long series of posts on preaching about spiritual warfare.  We turn now to a new subject: keeping your preaching fresh for your hearers. A Story About Fresh Preaching   I was sitting in a group of people involved […]