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The Skill of Drawing Pictures for Great Preaching
Essential Skills for PreachingThe Skill of Drawing Pictures In this post we are going to explore one of the most important skills for great preaching. The skill of drawing pictures is one of the most important skills that improves preaching from good to great. If you are new to this blog, the first in this series of posts […]
The Skill of Organizing Your Sermon
Essential Skills for PreachingThe Skill of Organizing Your Sermon We have been considering the basic skills to work on that will improve our preaching. We are loosely following the book by Wayne McDill, The Twelve Essential Skills for Great Preaching In this post we are going to look at the skill of organizing your sermon. The first of these […]
The Skill of Bridging from Text to Sermon
Essential Skills for PreachingThe Skill of Bridging from Text to Sermon We are considering various skills that we can work on to improve our preaching. The first post in this series is here. In this post we’re going to consider the skill of bridging from text to sermon in your sermon preparation. Definition of Bridging A Bridge connects […]
The Skill of Meeting Human Needs in Preaching
Essential Skills for PreachingThe Skill of Meeting Human Needs in Preaching We are working on some skills that will help us preach better. The first post in this series is here. In this post we will explore the skill of meeting human needs in preaching. Here is the bottom line: unless your preaching hits people where they […]
The Skill of Identifying the Main Purpose of a Sermon
Top Preaching TipsThe Skill of Identifying the Main Purpose of a Sermon We are in a series of posts on skills that we can work on that will make our preaching great. We’ve already consider how to look at the text, and how to determine the main point of the sermon. Now we turn to the skill […]