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Life in Leviticus
Planting this church, I spent a year preaching through Leviticus, and (surprise!) it worked




Determining Your Strengths and Weaknesses
This self-test can help you understand your gifting as a preacher




Verse-by-Verse Sermons That Really Preach
While God is certainly in the details, he is uniquely and stirringly at work in the organic flow of ideas


What Makes Textual Preaching Unique?
And how do we use this sermon Style, with its great rhetorical potential, biblically?


Getting the Most from the Sermon Series
How to take full advantage of the unique strengths of series preaching




First Person Narrative Sermons
Taking advantage of the power of drama and the pull of story


How to Preach Boldly in a "Whatever" Culture
An Interview with Greg Laurie




The Dress of Thought
Improving your way with words




A Good Mystery
Why faithful preaching requires an element of mystery.


Soul Sermons from Psalms (pt. 1)
How a sermon from Psalms can touch the heart like the Psalm itself


The Inadequacy of "Yes" Theology
If saying no makes me narrow, so be it.




History of Preaching
Assessing today's preaching in light of history




Felt-Needs Preaching
An interview with Wheaton College president Duane Litfin about speaking to felt needs and real needs.




Overfed, Underchallenged
A message must do battle for the will. An interview with author, speaker, and Taylor University chancellor Jay Kesler.




Six Levers of Series Preaching (part two)
What is the difference between a collection of sermons on the same subject and a strong series? How do we take full advantage of those unique strengths?




The Next Big Thing
How series are changing to keep up with the times.


The Compelling Series
Some sermon series hang loosely together and lose steam as they go. Others pick up speed and attenders with each installment. In this interview, Willow Creek teaching pastor John Ortberg talks about shaping series that stimulate increasing interest.




The Wanderlust of Series Preaching
Enjoy the sheer pleasure of preaching sequentially through Scripture.




Learning from Giants
An interview with Kevin A. Miller




Hints for Sustaining a Series
Preaching a topic for thirty minutes is one thing. Preaching it for several months is quite another.




Six Levers of Series Preaching (part one)
What is the difference between a collection of sermons on the same subject and a strong series? How do we take full advantage of those unique strengths?




Planning for a Richer, Deeper Sermon Series
Series preaching calls for planning




Preaching That Opens Ears and Hearts
An interview with Haddon Robinson




Seven Timeless Principles for Reaching Lost People (part three)
How Paul preached to skeptics.




Straight Talk
In our cool, "whatever" culture, what should bold proclamation sound like? An interview with California pastor and evangelist Greg Laurie.




Seven Timeless Principles for Reaching Lost People (part two)
How Paul preached to skeptics.




Seven Timeless Principles for Reaching Lost People (part one)
How Paul preached to skeptics.




Evangelistic Preaching in the Local Church
An interview with Haddon Robinson




Connecting with Contemporary Audiences
An interview with Mike Yearley


Ingredients of Rhetorical Power
How well does this message use language?




Preaching to Red Apples
An Interview about Evangelism with James MacDonald




Connecting with Non-Christians
Why to analyze your audience when preparing for evangelistic preaching.




Eight Urgent Questions Of Today's Generation
Starting with people's real concerns gives our message more credibility.




Can Topical Preaching Be Expository?
How a topical focus can be one more Style of biblical exposition.


Topical Preaching on Theological Themes
How to preach expositionally when a theological idea is the order of the day.


Topical Preaching on Bible Characters
How to preach expositionally when focusing on what God teaches through a person.


Topical Preaching on Contemporary Issues
How to preach expositionally when a current issue is the talk of the town.


Dramatic Expository Preaching
How truly biblical sermons can stir the soul.




Finding Our Way Home
Sermon for clinic by Kenton C. Anderson and John Koessler


Deep Thinking in Simple Language
How biblical is "Finding Our Way Home"?




Holding Hearers Captive
Three things that make it hard for listeners to escape a sermon.




Inspiration Points
Planning the high moments in a message.




Three Legs of Preaching
A balanced message is theological, biblical, and practical. An interview with Randy Frazee.




Why Just One Text?
Question and answer with Haddon Robinson




What Biblical Preaching Is and Isn't
To answer the question we must turn to theology.




Biblical Preaching Is about Life Change, Not Sermon Style
Biblical preaching occurs when people are enabled to hear that God is addressing them as God addressed the world of the Scriptures, and are enabled to respond.




Topical Preaching Can Be Truly Biblical
To be biblical, a topical sermon must base its main points on texts that share the same purpose.




Preaching Inductively and Deductively
How to Employ each style for maximum results.




Leonard Sweet: The Metaphor Moment (part 2)
Why it's the season for image-based preaching


"We" Preaching and "You" Preaching




Leonard Sweet: The Metaphor Moment (part 1)
Why it's the season for image-based preaching


Jim Nicodem: Preaching to Sheep and Seekers
Maybe it's not so different after all.




How to Increase Clarity in Your Preaching




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