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Proclaiming The News
kinds of sermonsProclaiming the News In the last post we began a series of reflections on different kinds of sermons. We’ve looked at what it means to admonish well in that post. Proclaiming the news is another kind of sermon. Proclamation the News Described I live near Holland, MI, which is the place that many Dutch immigrants […]
Doing Admonition Well
kinds of sermonsDoing Admonition Well In this post I want to turn to something that is very important when you are thinking about the kinds of sermons that you are going to preach. In the next several posts were going to explore different subject kinds of sermons that you may feel called to preach to your congregation. […]
Praying For Preachers Produces Power
Prayed GreatGetting Prayed Great Praying for preachers produces power in sermons. Tony Campolo learned this lesson well when his church called a new pastor. As with most churches, there was a search team charged with the task of finding the person who would lead them after the long pastorate of a well-known, influential pastor. Not only […]
Partners in Prayer For The Preacher
Guidelines for Sermon DeliveryPraying for the Pastor We’ve been looking, in recent posts, at the presentation of the sermon, including gestures, vocal variations, and speaking rate. The subject after this one will be the various types of sermons that can be preached, but before we do that, I want to look at the power of partners in prayer […]
Using Powerpoint for Punch
Guidelines for Sermon DeliveryGuidelines for Using Powerpoint I’ve been giving several guidelines for the presentation of your sermon in the past several posts. In this post, we turn to the subject of powerpoint. I am aware that many of you do not have the equipment to do powerpoint, but many of you do, so it is good to […]