Archive for the ‘Sermon Preparation’ Category
Posted on March 31, 2010 - by Admin2
Sermon Resources
The young pastor must be a preacher! Preaching demands preparation–adequate preparation, Holy Spirit-anointed preparation, preparation that produces spiritual fruit. Such fruit does not just happen. The young preacher absolutely must devote constant attention to sermon preparation. When one sermon is completed, the mind and heart must begin to plan the next message. Attention to sermon preparation and preaching can be divided into four essential categories. (more…)
Posted on March 17, 2010 - by Admin1
The View from the Pew
By Phillip Hersey
When the pastor stands before the congregation on Sunday morning and prepares to give the sermon, what do you expect? (more…)
Posted on February 23, 2010 - by Admin1
A Sermon On Sermons
By Mal King
No sermon is effective that does not lead to action. Surveys close that sermons rarely result in people taking the action implied or suggested in the sermon. Why? (more…)
Posted on February 23, 2010 - by admin
Preaching from the Word
By J. Grant Swank, Jr.
Having preached sermons for nearly 40 years, I have tried the various sermonic forms and concluded that expository preaching—preaching directly from the Word—is best. Why? (more…)
Posted on February 19, 2010 - by admin
What Happened to Hell?
By Leroy Forlines
The two most awesome thoughts that have ever crossed my mind are the thoughts of hell and atonement. lt is awesome that God takes sin so seriously that He pronounced on sinners the sentence of spending eternity in hell.
It is even more awesome to think that the holiness of God takes sin so seriously that if Jesus Christ was going to be our Savior, God’s justice required Him to suffer the full wrath of God for our sins. The justice of God would take no less from Jesus Christ than was required of us if He was going to take our place. That is awesome!
ln answering the question: What has happened to hell?, the answer is, “Nothing.” Hell was established by an immutable decree of God. Jesus tells us that the day is coming when He will say to sinners, ”Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels” (Matt. 25:4lb). (more…)
Posted on February 19, 2010 - by admin
Let’s Keep It Simple
By J. Matthew Pinson
Free Will Baptists have always believed in freedom, simplicity and order in worship, in worshipping God in Spirit and in Truth. Thus we have been opposed to the employment of set forms and liturgies, as well as to undue emotionalism, in worship.
While some Free Will Baptists have expressed themselves in worship in a more emotional way, and some in a less emotional way-and while we have given each other that freedom-we have always agreed in our belief in the freedom, simplicity and order of Christian worship. (more…)
Posted on February 19, 2010 - by admin
The Joy and Benefit of Series Preaching
By Jeff Cockrell
The story is told about a young preacher called to his first pastorate. The first Sunday he delivered a great message. Everyone praised their new pastor for such a wonderful message.
To their dismay, the next Sunday he preached the same message. Of course the church people became concerned and perplexed. When he preached the same message the third Sunday, the deacons decided to have a talk with their new pastor.
The deacons explained that they enjoyed him being their pastor, and that they understood he had some learning to do. The deacons asked, “But preacher, don’t you have more than just one sermon?” He responded, “Oh, yes! But you haven’t done anything about the first one yet.” (more…)
Posted on February 16, 2010 - by admin
The Value of a Word
By Charley Carmack
We hear the phrase, “words have meaning,” echoing throughout society. Words are the avenue of communication for every culture on the face of our planet. It is no wonder that God recognized the importance of a single word. He understood that when He had John pen the following verse:
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,” (John 1:1). (more…)
