Preaching
Proclaiming the Word effectively.
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Four Questions Every Sermon Must Answer
What your congregation REALLY wants to know.
Are You Ready for a Crisis?
8 questions with Mel Lawrenz
Preaching After the Unthinkable
In the wake of murder, Stuart Briscoe talks tragedy, grief, and the difficult art of the funeral sermon.
Finding Your Own Preaching Voice
Lawrence E. Aker III discusses learning from mentors while discovering your own style.
BibleWorks 9
A Leadership Journal review
Our Presumptuous Calling
Who am I to teach all nations and feed Jesus' sheep?
I Preach for Me
When your sermons address your own needs and interests, everyone wins.
8 Tips for Telling a Great Story
It's not enough to have a great story; you have to tell it well.
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Our editors have compiled our best on Preaching topics from the archives. Here you'll find ground-breaking, honest, wise coverage that sets Leadership Journal apart.
Preaching Like a Prophet
We dare not be silent about injustices, if only we can see them as God does.
Why THIS?
We dare not be silent about injustices, if only we can see them as God does.
Elemental Preaching
The irreducible qualities of gravity, light, and air give life to a sermon and to those who hear it.
Why THIS?
Mark Labberton asserts that good preaching should offer the gifts of gravity, light, and air.
The Heresy of Application
Why THIS?
In this classic interview, Haddon Robinson explains why many preachers fail to apply ancient Scriptures to a modern audience.
The Hermeneutics Quiz
Your biblical blind spots and what you tend not to see.
Why THIS?
This innovative quiz was designed to help church leaders discover how they read the Bible (and how they don't read the Bible).
Incremental Preaching
Many pastors want "fast acting" sermons. But what brings lasting transformation is a steady, intentional plan for the pulpit.
Why THIS?
Prompting transformation from the pulpit requires a vision, intention, and the means to make changes.
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