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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Tricks of the Trade

Tricks of the Trade In the last post I looked at the first two “tricks of the trade” that we can learn from television production that will improve our preaching.  We saw that cross promotion and editing are two of the keys for effectiveness. Evaluating A third of the tricks of the trade is evaluation. […]

Tricks of the Trade for Preaching

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How You Talk Makes A Difference

How You Talk Makes A Difference It is a well-known principle in public speaking that how you talk makes a difference in how people listen. We have been exploring, in the past few posts, what we can learn from television productions that will help our preaching.  The first post in the series is here, if […]

How You Talk When You Preach

How You Talk When You Preach I remember well my first week in seminary.  I was overwhelmed with a lot of homework on subjects that I had little exposure to up to that point in my life.  There were 3 hour classes, too.  And I realized that I didn’t know the lingo well.  In fact, […]

Grab Their Attention

Grab Their Attention If you are new to this blog, know that we have been looking at what we can learn from television that will improve our preaching.  You can catch up by reading the posts that begin with this one.  We looked at the fact that television is very intentional about knowing the audience, […]