How To Communicate Using Your Body
In a previous post I shared with you the 7-38-55 rule for communication. This rule says that effective communication is 7 percent the words you say, 38 percent the tone of voice that you use, and 55 percent…
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The Importance of Being Yourself When You Preach
This post is about the importance of being yourself when you preach to a congregation.
One of the most engaging preachers in my geographical area became a professor of preaching. He was…
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How The Preacher Can Grow In Compassion
In the last post, we looked at the connection between compassion and effectiveness in preaching. Or, as someone once said, your people have to know how much you care before they care how much you know.…
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How Compassion Makes the Preacher Effective
I talked to a friend this past week about how compassion makes the preacher effective to his congregation. My friend left a church that he served in California to serve another in Michigan, so he…
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The Process for Failing Forward As A Preacher
In the last couple of posts we have been considering the need to fail forward as a leader and preacher. It is likely, as we have seen, that you will fail to live up to Paul's description of leaders,…
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Failing Forward As A Preacher
In the last post we saw that failure is common among Christian leaders and preachers. In this post I want to continue those thoughts as we think about failing forward as a preacher of the Good News.
What Failures…
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Effective Preachers Learn How To Fail Forward
In the last few posts we've been looking at the essential characteristics of the effective sermon. We've seen that we need the Word (logos), passion (pathos), and character, or ethos. In this…
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Character is an Essential Element of Preaching
A couple of posts ago we considered the essential elements of preaching. The words we use are essential to effective preaching. Also, the passion we express is essential to effective preaching,…
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A Sermon Is More Than Words Strung Together
In the last post, we considered the 7-38-55 rule about communication. I looked at the fact that words are vitally important as an element to an effective sermon. But a sermon is more than words…
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The Essential Elements for an Effective Sermon
In the last series of posts we looked at the preacher's identity. Now I want to change the subject. We will explore this question: What are the essential elements for an effective sermon…
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How to Communicate Using Your Body
Body Language For The PreacherThe Importance of Being Yourself When You Preach
Top Preaching TipsHow The Preacher Can Grow in Compassion
Compassion and effectivenessHow Compassion Makes the Preacher Effective
Compassion and effectivenessThe Process For Failing Forward As A Preacher
The character of the preacherFailing Forward As a Preacher
The character of the preacherEffective Preachers Learn How To Fail Forward
The character of the preacherCharacter is an Essential Element of Preaching
The Essential Elements of an Effective SermonA Sermon Is More Than Words Strung Together
The Essential Elements of an Effective SermonThe Essential Elements for an Effective Sermon
The Essential Elements of an Effective Sermon