Timeless wisdom for pastors with forward-thinking solutions.
Preaching Pictures from Revelation
Crafting sermons that evoke images, movement, and emotion.
Five Hammer Strokes for Creating Expository Sermon Outlines
Here are the fundamentals to move from a biblical text to a message structure that speaks to today’s listeners.
Does Being Tech-Savvy Cripple Preachers?
A book review of ‘Why Johnny Can’t Preach’
The Day I Tried to Preach Like Rob Bell
How a goat got into my sermon
In the Eye of the Hearer
Visuals that support rather than distract from the Word
Illustrate Like Max Lucado and John Ortberg
Seven skills for finding daily life examples for preaching
How to Preach Like John Grisham Writes
I needed to move from principle to plot
The Power of Low-Tech Visuals
Sometimes a marker and easel can outdo PowerPoint.
Crafting an Experience
How to fully engage listeners
Connecting with Postmoderns
What to adopt. What to adapt. What to oppose.
Weakened by PowerPoint, Strengthened by Connection
An interview with Don Sunukjian
Strengthened by PowerPoint
When It Rocks, and Why
3-D Storytelling
An interview with author Kevin Miller
Illustrating with Slices of Life
Finding powerful sermon illustrations in the storytelling and scenes of the everyday.
Questions That Put Muscle on Bones
The first thing to ask when developing an idea.
Leonard Sweet: The Metaphor Moment
Why it’s the season for image-based preaching
Both Fact and Feeling
Allowing emotion to buttress truth
