Tag: sermon prep
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Preach an Average Sermon
It’s okay to preach an average sermon. Jesus told us to feed His sheep. He didn’t tell us it had to be a five-course meal.
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Resources to Change It Up
Here are four book recommendations to help you change up your preaching or sermon prep style!
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Change it Up
To connect with everyone in the pews, we need to change up our sermon styles. This helps us connect to all learning styles.
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Be Well
Preachers need to be well to pastor well. What does it look like for you to be well this week?
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Don’t Talk About What You Don’t Know
Preachers should avoid discussing unfamiliar topics to maintain trust, seek knowledge from experts, admit gaps in understanding, and commit to thorough learning for effective communication.
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Protect Your I’s
If we’re not careful, preachers can make a sermon focused on themselves, distracting others from God. We need to watch our I’s.
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Intrigue Yourself
If something in your sermon doesn’t intrigue you, you either need to cut it out or majorly rework it.
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Be Careful with Specific Examples
It’s helpful for preachers to use specific sermon examples that are contextualized. But we need to be careful not to alienate others by those examples.
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Make Room for Jesus
As preachers, we can be so focused on making room for others to encounter Jesus that we don’t encounter Him ourselves.
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Give Me the Elmore County Version
Our people want to hear sermons with examples and in language that they can understand. How can you give them truths they understand?
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