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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How to Conclude Your Sermon

How to conclude your sermon We’ve looked for several posts now at how to conclude your sermon well.   This is the last post in the series, a conclusion to conclusions.  We’ve seen a variety of ways to end a message effectively, from going back to the introduction, to telling a story, to giving an […]

Ending Your Sermon Well

Ending Well We have been considering the importance of conclusions.  This link will connect you to the first post in this series.  Today we continue with examples about how to conclude your messages effectively.  Ending your sermon well is key to how people will remember your message. We have seen that it is effective to […]

Try This Kind of Conclusion

Try This Kind of Conclusion In this post I’m going to continue reflecting on conclusions, a subject we started a couple of posts ago.  I’m going to give you some examples and encourage you to try this kind of conclusion in each case. End with a story that summarizes your main point Another extremely effective […]

Conclude Effectively

Effective Conclusions We have been exploring the importance of conclusions in previous posts.  We’ve seen that there are many ways to do conclusions ineffectively.  In this post we are turning our attention to how to bring your sermon to a conclusion in an effective, powerful and memorable way.  There are a variety of ways to […]

Missing the Nail

Missing the Nail In the last post we began looking at the importance of conclusions to the sermon.  We reflected on two ineffective ways to conclude a message: the fail the plan and the “I’m out of time” conclusions.  Today we continue looking at ways that we could be missing the nail when we are […]