3-D Storytelling
Bring your sermon's stories to life with these proven techniques from writer Kevin Miller, who is also executive editor of PreachingToday.com. You'll learn how to grab listeners, create fascinating characters, and develop tension—so listeners care about and remember your message.
Kevin Miller
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A Preaching Style for this Generation
Duane Litfin
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A Word That Wakes The World
This insightful 1986 workshop discusses how the church can be awakened from its sleep and move into revival. He focuses on the source and the setting of proclamation and the tension that preaching the Word of God should have on the hearts of people as two key requirements for this awakening.
Os Guinness
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Application Without Moralism
Chapell discusses how to show the relevance of the text. He says preachers should not be afraid to call our people to commitment. To answer the what, where, why, and how questions people ask.
Bryan Chapell
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Authentic Inspiration
In this interview, John Ortberg shares the dangers and delights of preaching that touches the heart.
John Ortberg
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Better Big Ideas
Haddon Robinson, author of Biblical Preaching speaks about Big Ideas and the importance of using them in a sermon.
Haddon Robinson
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Both Leader & Preacher
Jim Nicodem founded Christ Community Church in St. Charles, Illinois, in 1984. Prior to founding Christ Community, Jim served as pastor of a non-denominational church on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
Jim Nicodem
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Building Believers through Pastoral Preaching
Preaching must be biblical, theological, and pastoral. William Hinson highlights the importance of preaching being pastoral so that it may touch the hearts, souls and needs of the congregation.
William Hinson
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Challenges in Expository Preaching
Bryan Chapell
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Challenging Hearers
What kind of sermon stirs people to the core? Lyle shares that all preachers are called to encourage their congregation to continually become more Christ-like. Preaching is not just teaching; it must have a call for the hearers to change.
Lyle Dorsett
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Confronting a Materialistic Culture Part 1
We must be careful not to exalt capitalism, because without God it leads to indulgence, greed, and neglect of the poor. Russell discusses some of the negative consequences of materialism including self-sufficiency, and spiritual distraction.
Robert Russell
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Delivery Skills
Bert Decker
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Did Jesus Rise From the Dead?
William Lane Craig
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Discussing Robinson's Sermon
Robinson briefly discusses the setting, purpose, challenges, and strategy behind his sermon from 1 Corinthians 9 called "Wanted: Winners."
Haddon Robinson
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Discussing York's Sermon -The Compassion of Confrontation
York discusses the challenges, strengths and weaknesses of his sermon from 1 Corinthians 5 called "The Compassion of Confrontation." York describes engaging exposition over against merely describing the text.
Hershael York
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Effective Communication
Davis shares how humor is characteristic of effective communication. He describes how we need to "stop killing the Bible people," and present them as flesh and blood with real emotion. It takes work to find illustrations that throw light on the beautiful truths of Scripture.
Ken Davis
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Encountering God in Our Preaching
Preaching is a "Thus saith the Lord" business.
Duane Litfin
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Evangelistic Invitations
Laurie talks about the need for the preacher to give people an opportunity to decide when proclaiming the gospel. Clearly and repeatedly telling people what you are asking them to do and why you are asking it is important.
Greg Laurie
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Evangelistic Preaching
What does and does not work in proclaiming the gospel to a modern audience. There is a certain objective, method, and style to sermons that preach the good news.
Haddon Robinson
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Everyman-Friendly Expository Preaching
How to connect with today's culture and remain thoroughly biblical. Preaching needs to shift from explaining nuances in the text to teaching people how to live with the Bible as our authority. Yearley describes a two-stage approach: dealing with the text, then applying practical life principles.
Mike Yearley
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Extending the Evangelistic Invitation
We need to learn to say "come to Christ" in a way that people will respond. Bell describes four main thoughts regarding invitations: the powerful mandate given to us, some practical methods employed, popular misunderstandings, and the prayerful manner we ought to have while extending an invitation.
Ralph Bell
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Faithful Endurance
Knute Larson discusses with pastors how to commit themselves to a clear vision.
Knute Larson
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Favorite Sermon Illustrations
During his 60 years of ministry, Paul Rees discovered the power of illustration. In this interview he demonstrates different types of illustrations and how they can be effectively used.
Paul Rees
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Feeling Cheated by God
When you don't know what God is doing in your life, cling to what you do know.
John Koessler
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Felt-Needs Preaching
An interview with Wheaton College president Duane Litfin about speaking to felt needs and real needs.
Duane Litfin
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Fitting Form to Text
Our tendency is to put every form of scripture into the form that we learned. We need to increase our forms of deductive and inductive approach. Our job is to expose the text and the form we choose should not get in the way.
David Erickson
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Five 'Birddogging' Questions for Biblical Exposition
In this workshop Palmer looks at the textual work that precedes writing a sermon. He identifies five types of questions, technical, historical, content-theological, contemporary and discipleship, for you to ask as you explore a text.
Earl Palmer
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Fred Craddock Workshop
We must not counteract boring preaching by looking for stories from somewhere else to enliven it. We must approach the text properly. We must not just care what the text says but how it says it. Respect the form of the text.
Fred Craddock
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Getting the Gold from the Text
How do you capitalize on the riches of Scripture in your preaching—without sounding like a Bible commentary? Read this interview with author John Koessler. Says John: "If you haven't applied the text, you haven't preached. If you apply without the text, you haven't preached either."
John Koessler
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Getting Your Intensity Across
A workshop for Pastors: Why is it that sometimes we feel as preachers feel a message so deeply, yet our congregration does not feel it as intensly? Kevin Miller shares a personal experience about a time when he delivered a message he was passionate about covering 1 Samuel 20. He shares what he learned when the message was reviewed by fellow pastors.
Kevin A. Miller
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