Preaching Sermons

Here’s the truth: If you don’t get people engaged with your message at the start, they’ll be distracted as your message moves along. With these stories, you’ll have exactly what you need to master the art of the start! These stories aren’t the “Everyone gather around while I tell you a story” kind of stories. And they aren’t the “Once upon a time” kind of stories either. These stories come from weird news, current events, and interesting moments in history. It’s so much fun when you connect them to the topics of your sermons!

Like everyone else, preachers long to be understood. Unfortunately, the rules first learned in seminary, if misapplied, can quickly turn homiletic precision into listener boredom. To capture heart and mind, authors Mark Galli and Craig Larson suggest preachers turn to the lessons of journalism. Within this book, they show how the same keys used to create effective, captivating communication in the media can transform a sermon.

The book shares with its readers relevant sermons that a biblical in foundation. All you have to do is add you hoop.

St. Alphonsus Liguori (1696 - 1787) was an Italian bishop famous for his moral teaching. He was born in Naples to a noble family who directed his life into law. After earning his degree, he led a very successful law practice until at the age of 27 he gave it up to become a priest. He was ordained at the age of 30, and then became a minister to the poor, founding a number of "evening chapels".

This book can give you a new beginning in your life. Discover a true and living hope. Find forgiveness in Jesus Christ, the Son of God. He is the compassionate Savior who loves you. These sermons look at many favorite Bible Readings and you are encouraged to read the Bible passages listed for each sermon beforehand. Spend some time reflecting upon these readings. The Word of God is powerful and effective. The Bible declares that God cares about you and promises to provide for all of your needs. Let these sermons lead you deeper into the Word of God. Read the Bible every day. Study the ...

Verse by verse sermons through the book of Hebrews with questions for review at the end of each sermon.

This book shares with its readers relevant and biblical sermon outlines.

“What am I going to say?” “How am I going to say it?” “Will this actually work?” When it comes to preaching, you want to give God your best. Yet, there’s something about crafting something creative week after week that often gets the best of us. Research shows that the most creative among us do not start from scratch, rather in the absence of a team and adequate time, they have a technique, process, or system. If they have one, why can’t you? What if you had a preparation process and a consistent structure you could rely on to get you started every week? What if you didn’t...

Most Christians - including pastors - struggle to talk about their faith in a way that applies the power of the Christian Gospel to change people's lives. Timothy Keller is known for his insightful, down-to-earth sermons and talks that help people understand themselves, encounter Jesus, and apply the Bible to their lives. In this accessible guide for pastors and laypeople alike, Keller helps listeners learn to present the Christian message of grace in a more engaging, passionate, and compassionate way.

An adequate preaching and teaching ministry is essential to the growth and spiritual development of a congregation. Any lack or ministerial deficiency in this area will impoverish congregations and stifle the spiritual growth of individual members of the church. Therefore learning the art of sermon preparation and delivery becomes a crucial part of the life of every minister of God. There are however, two distinct aspects involved in preaching: Firstly, the divine and secondly, the human. Homiletics is the study of the human aspect. Homiletics involves the study of everything related to the...

Preaching Through Jonah and Zechariah is a series of sermons verse by verse through each of these minor prophets. There are many cross-references for further research and questions at the end of each chapter to help review the main points.

God called me to preach at the age of 11, and three years later, in 1987, I began preaching. My pastor taught me to be intentional about “sermon seeds,” writing down ideas and studying and preaching them when able. This book is a collection of un-preached messages from 1987 to the present. Through the years, my files have grown from hand-written notes to electronic notes on tablets, computers, and smartphones. These files encourage me, especially when my emotional well runs dry. Sometimes God brings something out of those folders and anoints me to preach it. Other times, the files grow ...

“Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.” THERE is but one kind of armour, brethren, which, after all is done, proves of any value, and that is the armour of God. It is only through putting on of this that a man, or a nation, is able to do that which the Apostle desires here that the Ephesians maybe enabled to do—namely, “to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand." It greatly behoves, therefore, all those who may believe that such an evil day is coming, earnestly to inquire ...

Various words for “love” appear thirty-five times in the five brief chapters of I John. This book invites you on a journey of reading and reflection: reading this book in the New Testament and reflecting on God’s love for us, our love for God, and our love for one another. Author Will Vaus is the pastor of Stowe Community Church in Stowe, Vermont. He is a popular speaker and author of seven books related to C.S. Lewis and three books of Christian reflections.

I can remember the time when the antagonism with which for more than three hundred years the vast majority of the English people had regarded the Church of Rome, was one of the most powerful elements of our national life. It controlled our theological controversies; it was appealed to with confidence by the chiefs of political parties; its influence was obvious in.our social intercourse. Roman Catholic priests were regarded with mingled distrust, contempt, and dread. The characteristic doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church were spoken of with intellectual scorn; the pretensions of the Pope...

Whether you speak from the pulpit, podium, or the front of a classroom, you don't need much more than blank stares and faraway looks to tell you you’re not connecting. Take heart before your audience takes leave! You can convey your message in the powerful, life-changing way it deserves to be told. An insightful, entertaining parable that's an excellent guide for any speaker, Communicating for a Change takes a simple approach to delivering effectively.

Preaching is simple. It can be defined as, “Speaking God’s word to people.” However, preaching is also complex. It is both an art and a science. It is both a gift and a task. It will bring out the best or the worse in people. In this primer, Pastor Tim Rupp walks the student-preacher step-by-step how to write and deliver a biblically based expository sermon.

Second Sermon of the series by the renowned 17th century Genevan pastor/theologian, Francis Turretin. Turretin, who has grown popular in recent years due to the republishing of his magisterial sytematic theology: The Institutes of Elenctic Theology, is not known as a preacher by the English speaking world. This sermon series makes Turretin's preaching available in English for the first time. In these sermons, Turretin shows remarkable sensitivity to his church audience and a keen demonstration of the dictinction between the genres of preaching and systematic theology. In these sermons, ...

Giving Blood is a groundbreaking resource for active pastors, ministry students, and public speakers who want to communicative effectively to a post-modern culture. Giving Blood is one of the first books of its kind to move preaching beyond its pulpit-centric fixation toward more interactive, participatory modes of communication.

A step-by-step method for mining insight from holy scripture for preachers and teachers. Plus, a proven method for writing a persuasive sermon.