Sermon Delivery
Building a Sermon Feedback Team
In Part 1 of the Leveraging Feedback series, we discussed the fact that feedback is inevitable in the world of preaching and speaking. It comes with the territory. And yet, that doesn’t mean you have to absorb the feedback and give it credibility. In fact, we gave you the permission to ignore feedback. Suggesting that…
Read MoreGet Deep and Wide when You Sign up for This Free Online Conference
We’re excited about the replay of our Preach Better Sermons online conference next Wednesday, December 5th. We believe this free webcast will be of a big help for your next presentation (and it comes at the perfect time for those of you working on Christmas sermons.) Today, we’re giving away 20 copies of Andy Stanley’s…
Read MoreFinding Your Unique Voice as a Communicator
I grew up in a great church in Florida and was blessed to hear incredible messages as a teenager from Dr. Jerry Vines. Maybe you don’t know Dr. Vines, but he was my ministry hero. When I was an 18-year-old college freshman at Florida State University, I got my first job working at a church.…
Read MoreHow to Preach Like Andy Stanley
A few years ago, I calculated that I had preached about 2,000 times in my life. I’ve also listened to hundreds of sermons from dozens of different preachers. In my opinion, Andy is one of the top three speakers on the planet. Here are a few reasons. He understands the people. I get the sense…
Read MoreThe Link Between Communication and Leadership
Three days after September 11, President George W. Bush stood on a pile of rubble and addressed a group of emergency and construction workers. The President had already shared prepared remarks with the American people, but on this day, his comments here were unscripted. Surrounded by New York Citiy’s finest, he took a bullhorn and…
Read MoreFive Assumptions You Make that Render Your Sermon Ineffective
An assumption is taking something for granted. It’s an assumed truth that is not questioned. We do it in our relationships, our jobs and our lives all the time. And preachers make assumptions about their audience every sunday. Unfortunately, those assumptions can render a sermon ineffective. Here are five common assumptions pastors make. 1. Your…
Read MoreA Lesson on Communicating from Hurricane Sandy
Carey Nieuwhof, a pastor in Canada, fantastic communicator and leader and Preaching Rocket member, posted some thoughts on his blog about communicating. We can’t say it better than Carey, so with his permission, here is the complete post. I don’t like the line of thinking attached to this post. For sure it falls in…
Read More19 Tips for Preachers
1. Get feedback on your message BEFORE you preach it. Feedback after the fact is great, but if you seek input before you preach, you can make your message better. This could be as simple as sending it to another pastor, another staff member, or a volunteer or two in your church. Chances are, there are…
Read MoreCommunicating to a Varied Audience
Every Sunday, you stand before a congregation from different places in life, wrestling with different problems and approaching the Bible with various degrees of believability. You have one message, but how can it apply to multiple audiences? One audience isn’t one perspective…it’s many. So how can you make your message apply to the Christian and the…
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