NEW! The Ultimate Resource List for Intentional Pastors
The responsibilities of a pastor are wide-ranging. In this Ultimate Resource List for Intentional Pastors, you'll find tools to help you do ministry, lead the church intentionally, and be more productive.
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Want to write a better sermon?
You can improve one of two things:
- Your content
- Your structure
This article will focus on the latter. Your structure. Your outline.
Right now, you might be drowning in all the information you’ve compiled for your next sermon. You’ve got insights,...
When you stand up to preach, you want to handle the word well. You want to teach the Bible as well as you possibly can so that people walk away understanding God’s word and knowing what He is calling them to.
By using these 7 questions, you’ll never be stuck staring at your computer...
Meet John. He’s been laboring as a pastor for almost seven years. He has worked at a couple different churches but has run into the same roadblocks at both.
He’s starting to recognize that he needs to make some shifts in the way he operates as a pastor. He wants to lead and serve with...
We live in a time of great polarization, hedonism, hatred, hurt, and delusion. And the church, for the most part, isn’t helping.
While our society is fracturing, some preachers and churches are burrowing their heads in the sand, hoping that things will dramatically change without...
As a pastor, you’ve got a lot of plates spinning. You're preaching, counseling, visiting the sick, leading meetings, planning events, and a million other things – all while trying to bring your best every single day.
But let's be real, sometimes it feels like you're just barely...
If you want to preach powerful gospel messages week in and week out, you must have the right preaching convictions. Because your convictions impact every part of your sermon development and delivery.
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What can be learned from the most-viewed sermons on YouTube in 2022? In this video, we're going to look at the top 4 and approach them as curious students of the art of communication.
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In this video, I'm going to give you 4 questions designed to help you plan the next year of preaching or to help you evaluate your current plan for your next year of preaching.
My hope is to help you plan a year of preaching that will help your church grow deep and wide.
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November and December present a unique opportunity to every pastor. Not only do we get to gather our people for Advent and Christmas services but we are more inclined than any other time of the year to set goals.
Goals are powerful because of the focused energy and steps they generate....
2023 is nearly upon us. And if you're like me and many other pastors, you're working on your yearly sermon calendar. Now, if you want to preach effectively in 2023, you need to offer your people a balanced diet.
But this requires intentionality. So as you consider what you’ll preach...
It is never around hard times that a leader grows the most, but through them.
That’s true about life and that’s true about leadership. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at...
Leadership is difficult.
If anyone tries to convince you otherwise, be weary of their influence on you.
In this article, I want to offer you 5 books that will level-up your leadership.
These are books that will:
- Address the inner life of a leader
- Equip you to lead groups of people...
