The So What Question Makes The Sermon Memorable

The So What Question Makes The Sermon Memorable Many sermons are easily forgotten because the preacher forgets that the so what question makes the sermon memorable for the hearers. Wondering About The So What Question and Sermons When I was…

Creating a Memorable Sermon Sentence

Creating a Memorable Sermon Sentence In this post we are going to discover how to go about creating a memorable sermon sentence that will cause people to remember your sermon.  In the last post, we started a consideration of this skill, as…

The Power Packed Sentence And The Sermon

The Power Packed Sentence And The Sermon I'm writing this week on a tactic I'm trying to improve in my preaching.  The power packed sentence and the sermon is an important part of making a sermon memorable.  I know this--in theory, at least.…

Attention Can Be A Fragile Thing

Attention Can Be A Fragile Thing In the last couple of posts, we've been considering the reality that your congregation's attention can be a fragile thing when you preach.  Peoples' minds quickly wander, and you can often tell it, leaving…

Holding The Attention of People As You Preach

Holding The Attention of People As You Preach In the last post we began a consideration of how to grab and hold peoples' attention.  This post is a continuation of that subject.  We saw how asking questions and telling people how to respond…

Grab Peoples' Attention As You Preach

Grab Peoples' Attention As You Preach While I was in seminary I spent a summer in a church in Canada to get credit for "field work".  I preached every Sunday morning and evening for 12 weeks while in a medium-sized church in a medium-sized…

Watch Your Language When You Preach

Watch Your Language When You Preach In the last couple of posts we've looked at the Curse of Knowledge and how to overcome it.  In this post we are going to consider one of the ways that you might become a victim of the curse of knowledge.…

How To Overcome the Curse of Knowledge

How to Overcome the Curse of Knowledge In the last post we identified a major obstacle to effective preaching, the curse of knowledge.  In this post we are going to consider how to overcome the curse of knowledge in your preaching. A Reminder Let's…

The Curse of Knowledge for Preachers

The Curse of Knowledge for Preachers In this post we are turning away from the subject of the past several weeks, new maps for sermon making, to a challenging subject: the curse of knowledge for preachers as they present their sermons. What…

How To Create An Integrative Sermon

How To Create An Integrative Sermon There is one more "map" to consider as we consider new ways of thinking about organizing your sermon.  The Integrative Sermon attempts to bring together all the elements we looked at in previous posts.  So…