Practical, unhurried writing on sermon prep, preaching, and protecting your week — for pastors who carry a message every Sunday.
A step-by-step guide to planning a sermon series: choose the focus, set the length, map passages week by week, and get your team on the same page.
The first few minutes decide whether people lean in. Seven practical ways to open a sermon, what every introduction needs, and mistakes to avoid.
A strong conclusion gathers the sermon into one clear response. Six practical ways to end a sermon well, plus the most common ways conclusions go wrong.
Vague application leaves people nodding but unchanged. How to write sermon application that grows out of the text, fits real lives, and points to grace.
No verse sets a sermon length. Here's how to decide what's right for your context, and how to trim a message that keeps running long.
Expository and topical preaching both have a place. What each one is, their strengths and risks, and how to choose the right approach for your next series.
Many popular sermon stories and quotes are misattributed or never happened. A simple process for checking an illustration before it reaches the pulpit.
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