The Target Is the Heart In Preaching
What is the purpose of preaching? I thought of that after listening to a sermon last week. The preacher was preaching from an Old Testament passage and spent a long time explaining the culture of the…
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Please Say A Few Words
I'm taking a break from the Conversational Preaching series that we've been on. In this post I am going to reflect on those scary moments when someone says to you, "Please say a few words." That moment can be terrifying.…
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Meaningful Gestures and Preaching
We are in a series of posts on the positives of conversational preaching. In other words, the more people feel like you are in a conversation with them, the more likely they will be impacted by your message.…
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The Feedback Part of Conversational Preaching
We are seeking to understand and implement effective communication through our preaching. One way to do that is to provide conversational preaching. The first post in this series is here. …
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Breaking the Conversational Preaching Barriers
We are considering the effectiveness and challenges of conversational preaching. In this post I want to consider how to break the conversational preaching barriers. We have been looking at some…
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Models of the Preaching Event
In this post I want to look at models of the preaching event. We've been considering the possibility of adding more conversational elements to our preaching. The first post in the series is here.
Older Models…
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Learning To Communicate
In the last post I introduced the idea of learning conversational preaching skills. In this post we'll consider the steps in learning to communicate that we'll apply to our preaching.
From the moment we are…
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Learning Conversational Preaching
One of the most amazing aspects of God is that he wants to communicate with us human beings. This post begins a series on learning conversational preaching. God is about communication.
We see this…
Things To Remember In A First Person Sermon
We've been thinking through the purpose and challenges of doing a first person sermon. In this last post on the subject I want to consider some things to remember in a first person sermon as a wrap-up…
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What To Put In Your First Person Sermon
We are in a series of posts describing how to create and perform a first person sermon. Here's the first in the series. In this post I want to consider what to put in your first person sermon that…
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The Target Is The Heart In Preaching
Top Preaching TipsPlease Say A Few Words
Top Preaching TipsMeaningful gestures and preaching
Conversational PreachingThe Feedback Part of Conversational Preaching
Conversational PreachingBreaking the Conversational Preaching Barrier
Conversational PreachingModels of the Preaching Event
Conversational PreachingLearning To Communicate
Conversational PreachingLearning Conversational Preaching
Conversational PreachingThings To Remember In A First Person Sermon
first person preachingWhat To Put In Your First Person Sermon
first person preaching