No Excuses for Preaching Bad Sermons
It occurs to me that what is true of photographers is, to some degree, true of preachers. Just as the modern era has given us such good tools that we have no excuse for taking bad photos, it’s given us tools that leave us no excuse for preparing bad sermons. Today’s tools are just too inexpensive and too good and too widely available for that. Read More
Why Pastors Should Consider Preaching (At Least) 5 Minutes Shorter
Kevin DeYoung explains why in his words "the majority of preachers in conservative, Reformedish circles could safely cut their sermon length by five or ten minutes (or more) and be more effective because of it." Read More
How to Preach a Text You Don’t Fully Understand
There are many advantages to preaching through books of the Bible. One “disadvantage” is that you’ll occasionally have to preach through a text that you really do not yet fully understand. But even this, I believe, is healthy for the preacher and the congregation. So what do you do when you spend your week laboring over a difficult text with a couple valid options and you still don’t know where you land? Read More
Preaching and Crisis Management
My model of ministry for these types of difficult days comes from the example of Nehemiah. You know the story, so I won’t recount it here, but you can read about it in Nehemiah chapters two through six. Let me point to a few principles that have guided my preaching and pastoral ministry during times of church conflict. Read More
The Essential Me-First of Biblical Preaching
Are you afraid to use yourself as the example for your sermon? Read More
5 Marks of a Stinky Sermon
No preacher should expect to hit a walk-off home run every Sunday. It is realistic, however, for us to avoid fouling out any Sunday....To help you avoid preparing and preaching stinky sermons, I have provided a short list of common marks of a stinky sermon. Read More
7 Tips for Preaching to Teenagers
This isn’t an exhaustive list of everything you need to know. But hopefully these tips will help some of you not have to learn the hard way like I did. Read More
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