Acts 2:17     “‘In the last days, God says,

I will pour out my Spirit on all people.

Your sons and daughters will prophesy,

your young men will see visions,

your old men will dream dreams. 

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Preaching to Generation X

Preaching to Generation X We are considering how to preach to the various generations in your church.  We’ve already looked at the Builder Generation and the Boomer Generation.  Now we turn to the subject of how to go about preaching to Generation X people, who represent about 30% of the adult population in the United […]

Preaching To The Baby Boomers

Preaching To The Baby Boomers We are considering how to preach to the various generations in your ministry.  In the last post we looked at the preferences of the Builder, or Silent generation.  This post will focus on preaching too the baby boomers in your church, those born 1946 to 1964. Who Are These People? […]

Preaching to the Builder Generation

Preaching to the Builder Generation In the last post we began considering what it means to preach to the various generations that exist in your church.  In this post I will combine what is usually called the Builder Generation (born between 1901 and 1925) and what is usually called the Silent Generation (those born before […]

Preaching To Include The Generations

 Preaching to Include the Generations In this post we are going to explore preaching to include the generations that make up your church. I recently reviewed the demographics of the church where I am serving as an Interim, or Transitional pastor.  The church is in Michigan in the United States, and has been around a […]

Preaching on Epiphany Sunday

Preaching on Epiphany Sunday Advent and Christmas are over, as of this writing.   Soon the New Year will be over as well.  Those are often subjects for preaching, as we have seen.  There is one more holiday during this season that you can preach on,  one that I never acknowledged in my childhood.  It […]