Sermon illustrations help retain audience attention. Our world today is full of so much chaos and noise it can be difficult for our minds to know what to focus on. Even during a Sunday sermon, there is so much that we bring into the room, distracting us, that sermon illustrations help turn the mind back…
Grab the attention of your congregation at the beginning of every sermon. Four questions to help you write a captivating sermon introduction.
The part of writing that pastors tend to struggle with most is how to end a sermon well. Like a pilot landing a plane, creating powerful sermon endings are often the most challenging part of writing a sermon. Good news! We have seven tips for you (plus a bonus!) on how to end a sermon…
Have you ever had a message fall completely flat? Everyone has. Few feelings are as dire as the one you experience delivering your message knowing with every second that passes, you lose more and more of the audience. The Chevy Guy at the 2014 World Series knows exactly how this feels. There are many different…
Where were you when you saw The Passion of the Christ for the first time? Can you remember where you sat? Who you were with? What it was like at the end of the film? The conversations that you had with others in the days that followed? You could have heard the crucifixion story hundreds…
6 free sermon outline templates plus insights for creating your own custom sermon outline. Benefits of a sermon outline and the impact a sermon outline has on your preaching.
Where do you start your message? At the beginning? At the end? Do you start your message with an illustration or a story? Of all the places you could start, there is one place you should start. Every message should start with your big idea. But how do you discover that big idea? Where do you come up with…
Why You Need a Preaching Calendar in 2021 Read More Of the pastors we surveyed, we found that most of them did not plan their preaching more than two weeks out. In fact, only 9% of them planned more than two months out. We think having an entire year’s sermon calendar planned out is a…
How to Preach on Controversial Topics Read More Many pastors and leaders avoid preaching on controversial topics like politics, church giving, culture and even certain doctrinal issues. It’s not difficult to understand why. The world, and even our churches, have become more polarized in recent decades and social media has turned civil debates into downright…
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