
How to Love Your People For Better Preaching
Top Preaching TipsHow to Love Your People For Better Preaching
In the last post we saw that loving your people makes preaching better. In this post we consider how to love your people for better preaching in your ministry.
Let Them Know You Love Them
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Loving Your People Makes Preaching Better
Top Preaching TipsLoving Your People Makes Preaching Better
It seems to be a rather obvious statement: loving your people makes preaching better and easier. But a question comes up rather quickly: how do you love the jerks? Your church has them, I'm sure.…

Watch Your Language When You Preach
Top Preaching TipsWatch 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
Top Preaching TipsHow 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
Top Preaching TipsThe 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…

The Importance of Being Yourself When You Preach
Top Preaching TipsThe 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…

How To Take Care Of Yourself
Top Preaching TipsHow To Take Care Of Yourself
In the last post I made some suggestions as to why this is indeed a stressful time, so you need to take care of yourself. In this post, we're going to look at how to do that, how to take care of yourself in times…

Proclaiming Hope for Hopeless People
Top Preaching TipsProclaiming Hope for Hopeless People
We have been looking at how to preach in a pandemic. Here's the first in the series of posts. In this post we will consider that proclaiming hope for hopeless people as they face the trauma of this time…

Preaching in a Pandemic
Top Preaching TipsPreaching in a Pandemic
In this post I begin a series on recommendations on how to go about preaching in a pandemic such as we are experiencing right now. When we, as human beings, engage in things that cause us loss, it can easily become…

The Sermon is a Symphony
Top Preaching TipsThe Sermon is a Symphony
In Shakespeare's play, Hamlet, there is a scene in which the main character, Hamlet, is walking down the corridor of the palace reading. Someone asked him, as he walked, what he was reading. His response was,…