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Ending Your Sermon Well
Effective ConclusionsEnding Well We have been considering the importance of conclusions. This link will connect you to the first post in this series. Today we continue with examples about how to conclude your messages effectively. Ending your sermon well is key to how people will remember your message. We have seen that it is effective to […]
Try This Kind of Conclusion
Top Preaching TipsTry This Kind of Conclusion In this post I’m going to continue reflecting on conclusions, a subject we started a couple of posts ago. I’m going to give you some examples and encourage you to try this kind of conclusion in each case. End with a story that summarizes your main point Another extremely effective […]
Conclude Effectively
Effective ConclusionsEffective Conclusions We have been exploring the importance of conclusions in previous posts. We’ve seen that there are many ways to do conclusions ineffectively. In this post we are turning our attention to how to bring your sermon to a conclusion in an effective, powerful and memorable way. There are a variety of ways to […]
Missing the Nail
Effective ConclusionsMissing the Nail In the last post we began looking at the importance of conclusions to the sermon. We reflected on two ineffective ways to conclude a message: the fail the plan and the “I’m out of time” conclusions. Today we continue looking at ways that we could be missing the nail when we are […]
The Importance of Conclusions
Effective ConclusionsConclusions Are More Important Than You Think Quite awhile ago in this blog I looked at introductions in several posts, saying that introductions are more important than you think. Here’s a link to the first of the posts in that series. Lately, as I’ve been working through a class on preaching for CLI, I’ve […]