fatigue

As I've talked to pastors around the country, almost all of them share a familiar theme: preaching depletes you—emotionally, physically, spiritually. I've also discovered an odd subset of preachers—about four percent in my unscientific polls—who never get drained by preaching; but for most of us mere mortals, us non-mutant pastors, preaching eventually leads to times of fatigue. And just when you get done, in about 164 hours you'll have to stand up and do it all over again. In this week's preaching skills article—Preaching Through Fatigue—Steve Hall eloquently describes the problem and then offers some practical ways to deal with this unique type of fatigue.

Ajith

We also offer the last sermon in our summer "Global Preaching Voices" series—and it's our grand finale. In his sermon—"Weathering the Storms of Compromise"—Ajith Fernando asks: How should Christians live in a predominately non-Christian culture? We think we have problems with this issue, but Ajith lives in Sri Lanka, which is about 84 percent Buddhist and Hindu and about one percent evangelical Christian. This sermon is packed with solid exegesis, good stories, profound insights, and practical applications for us in the Western world.

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In Christ,

Matt Woodley
Editor, PreachingToday.com
mwoodley@christianitytoday.com

Matt Woodley is the pastor of compassion ministries at Church of the Resurrection in Wheaton, Illinois.