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Preaching to Everyone In Particular
Top Preaching TipsPreaching to Everyone In Particular One of the greatest challenges I faced in preaching was to relate to my entire audience, or, as the title of this post describes, “preaching to everyone in particular”. In the last congregation I served, Covenant Life Church in Grand Haven, MI, there were doctors, Phd’s, teachers, businessmen and lawyers. There […]
The Preacher As Mystic and Shepherd
The character of the preacherMystic and Shepherd I am in a series of posts on the character of the preacher. We’ve seen, in the previous two posts, that congregations expect their pastor to be a person of faith, and they want their pastor to give accurate information. There are two other expectations that I want to explore in […]
The Preacher as Informer
The character of the preacherThe Preacher as Informer, Mystic, and Shepherd In the last post I began the process of what I called “exegeting the preacher”. In other words, how does the character of the preacher impact how people hear what is said? We also saw in the last post that hearers expect the preacher to be a person […]
Who You Are Impacts How People Hear What You Say
The character of the preacherLook Who’s Talking In this blog I’ve looked at the various components of preaching, including effective introductions, good organization of the body, and impactful conclusions. In other words, we’ve looked at the pragmatic stuff. There is an old saying that to be successful in any endeavor you need three things: knowledge, character and skill. One […]
Money Talks For Preachers
preaching about money, Top Preaching TipsStewardship Sermons We’ve been looking at how to talk about money in this series of blog posts. Here’s a link to the first in this series. Today we will look at some ways to approach preaching on this sticky subject of money under the theme of Money Talks for Preachers. Money Talks is the title […]