Mary JahnkeThanksgiving Day gets overshadowed by other holidays in store aisles, porch decorations, and peopleâs prioritiesâbut preaching about thankfulness will always hold a place in the pulpit. Here are 14 sermon illustrations on Thanksgiving to help you...
Lexham PressPreaching is one of the highest callings, but it can be one of the most challengingâwhich is why learning how to prepare a sermon outline is so critical. This one step will help ensure each message you preach is delivered succinctly and clearly so...
Faithlife StaffGrowing up, my dad had a Leatherman multi-tool. Any time he undertook a roll-up-your-sleeves kind of task, it was there to help him get it done. Logos does the same thingâitâs the multi-tool sermon planning toolkit millions use for sermon planning...
Peter Adam explores 20 features of expository preachingâand why he believes it most closely reflects Godâs method of verbal revelationâin this excerpt adapted from Theology Is for Preaching: Biblical Foundations, Method, and Practice (just one...
Whether you are just starting to preach or have been preaching for years and are looking for ways to prove, you'll learn the nuts and bolts of writing a sermon in this article.
Is there a difference between preaching and teaching? This question is one of many that professor and preacher Jonathan T. Pennington addresses in his book Small Preaching: 25 Little Things You Can Do Now to Become a Better Preacher. Keep reading to...
Mark BarnesDuring my lifetime I reckon Iâve heard about 4,000 sermons. Often I have been challenged, uplifted, provoked, transformed. Sadly, other times, I have been bored.
Matthew BoffeyIf a young preacher stepped into your office asking for your best books on preaching, what would you suggest? Here are a few ideas.
Jeffrey KranzMore people go to church on Easter than any other day of the year, and churches around the world are already preparing for more visitorsâwhether online or in person. There are plenty of ways to ensure your Easter service is great, but what about the...
In this article, you'll learn how to write a topical sermon, including picking the topic, using the right tools, polishing your message, and more.
Pastors have a monumental calling. Acts 20:28 instructs, âPay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.â Whether youâre...
Mark WardSome time ago my wife and I visited a church weâd never been to before and heard a message about Old Testament promises, specifically from one paragraph in Joshua 1. Take particular note of the promises because the preacher did: This Book of the Law...
Tim Perry explores the Christian understanding of death, dying, and the afterlife in what one author/theologian calls "a mini-masterpiece."
Guest AuthorGrant Fishbook started preaching full time in 2003, but every few years, heâd discover that he wasnât connecting with the modern audience. At first, he thought maybe he was the problemâmaybe he wasnât doing something right, or maybe he...
This post is lightly adapted from âPreach to the outer edgesâ by Patricia Batten in Preaching Points: 55 Tips for Improving Your Pulpit Ministry, edited by Scott M. Gibson (Lexham Press, 2016).
In the practice of preaching, is there an effective method for how to start a sermon that will grab (and help keep) your listenerâs attention? In his book Small Preaching: 25 Little Things You Can Do Now to Become a Better Preacher, available now...
Itâs probably not a stretch to say that suicide has impacted every church. Nor is it a stretch to say that many church attendeesâeven the ones who show up every weekâhave never heard a sermon on suicide. And yet, itâs become the eleventh leading...
Below is an excerpt from Finding Our Voice by Matthew D. Kim and Daniel L. Wong that addresses the forms of discrimination Asian Americans commonly face and how to begin to address that pain pastorally. *** âWhat are you?â âWhere are you from?â...
"There are just enough gaps in the story to make it a dangerous one, as the interpreter is tempted to retell it with commentary on Jonahâs psychology."
By Donald C. McIntyre See also Part 1 and Part 2. A Case Study in Matthew 2:1â12 There are forty-seven verbal forms in this pericope; all but 10 verbal forms are perfective aspect. Of those ten forms that are not perfective, one is stative, two are...
by Donald C. McIntyre See also Part 1 Verbal Aspect has the Ability to Show Points of Emphasis and De-emphasis In Porterâs analysis of Philippian 2:5-11 the two verbal forms which are not in the perfective aspect are the imperative ĎĎονξáżĎÎľ, âHave...
by Donald C. McIntyre Verbal Aspect is Critical to an Accurate Apprehension of the Text Verbal aspect theory arose to prominence in 1989 and 1990 with the simultaneous work of Stanley Porter and Buist Fanning, who both sought to show how linguistics...
Jennifer GrishamPut on your festal robesâthe newest version of Logos Bible Software has arrived! Logos 9 is here with all-new features and resources to take the busywork out of your ministry. Watch the trailer to see whatâs new! Thereâs a lot we think youâll love...
When it comes to preparing a sermon, you need a solid outline. Not only does a sermon outline help you pick your main points, having an organized outline helps keep your listenersâ attention and helps them see whatâs most important. But how do you...
by Donald McIntyre Textual criticism is a hot topic among biblical scholars. The views on the disciplineâs profitability span the extremes of being of crucial importance for serious scholarship and the opposing view of being hostile towards the...
Even if you find it easy to preach a sermon, read why Bryan Chapell says the 3 âdeadly beâsâ can help your preaching center more on Christ.
Thank you, pastors, for all you do. You probably don’t hear that enough. As you continue feeding your flock, may these three simple tips to help you lighten your load and powerfully share the gospel. *** 1. It doesnât all depend on you...
Didaktikos"Teaching students to examine a passage for these oral conventions can achieve multiple pedagogical goals in graduate and undergraduate Bible courses."
Old Testament scholar Tremper Longman not only teaches the book of Proverbsâbut also how to preach the book of Proverbs. The following excerpt adapted from Longmanâs Mobile Education course Preaching Proverbs appears in segment 24: âProverbs...
"I want to teach in such a way that there is intra-trinitarian presence in teaching. If it is about the overarching plan of God, it is about the Holy Spirit revealing the Scriptures, and it is about Christ being magnified."