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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What makes for transformational preaching?
It’s one thing to preach memorable messages—ones that stick with people. But if memorability is all we want, we’re aiming too low.
Instead, our aim should be transformation. And while we take that aim readily aware that in order for us...
If you preach with any level of frequency, what I know about you is you understand the weight of preaching. You know that the preaching moment is a time to steward and the last thing you want to do is make any mistakes that would lower the effectiveness of your sermons.
But having good intentions...
You and I both know the dangers of the prosperity gospel.
Instead of God being the ultimate object of people’s worship, He is turned into a being to please in order to get what they ultimately want—health, wealth, and happiness.
But in order to receive health, wealth, and...
Most sermons would have more impact if they were designed better.
That’s right. We all get to a point in our sermon prep when we need to take all of our raw materials and design a message. And this part is vital to whether or not our message cuts to people’s hearts or if it...
In order to write sermons well, you need to avoid these ten mistakes.
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In every sermon, there are certain things you should do with the passage you're preaching on. In this video, I break down 5 things to do in your next sermon.
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If you want to preach a great sermon, you need to make sure you get the ending of your sermon right. In this video, I'll show you 4 keys to making your next sermon ending your best yet.
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It’s time we preach the gospel every time, no matter the passage. Here’s how in three steps.
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Sometimes things don't go as planned while you're preaching.
Knowing this, Thom Rainer recently asked his social media followers the following question.
Pastors: What is something strange or funny that happened to you while you were preaching? - Thom Rainer
And the responses to his...
Highly intentional pastors are purposeful people. They understand the weight of what the Lord has called them to do and they take that work seriously.
Most of us want to be intentional pastors.
But what makes the difference between drifting pastors and intentional pastors are the habits they...
Like a rocket launched toward space, such can be the acclaim and notoriety that come quickly to a gifted preacher.
A gifted preacher, no matter if they are a part of a small church or mega church or somewhere in between, can deal with the same pitfalls.
And even if public acclaim and notoriety...
There’s a massive difference between someone sitting in the room while you preach and someone engaged with what you’re saying while you preach.
Let’s face it: this world is full of distractions. People come into a church service with an assortment of things on their mind. Add to...
