“I need to preach a sermon about my denominational distinctives…how am I supposed to get good news out of doctrinal preaching?” Someone asked. If you can’t get good news out of your denominational distinctives…then I gotta wonder about those teachings. Let’s see…say
Month: October 2015
What’s the matter with my sermon Doc? You know what. In many cases it comes down to one of three things… 1) You didn’t have a clear presentation of the good news. 2) You didn’t make sure all of your points…yeah all
He had a story to end his sermon… I supposed, it appeared to be a perfect story that would connect to the people and encourage them to live God’s life in a fallen world. The story really did seem to be a
Doors shut… And doors open… Yesterday I was contemplating the shutting of a door in the life of this ministry… And it kind of got me down for a moment. It was an opportunity that fell in my lap and then a
Bad News… “OK, Cox you talk a lot about Good News…But my text has some bad news in it. Are you saying to ignore that?” If it is in the text, you can’t just ignore it. But if it is in the
You don’t have to yell when you preach, but you can increase intensity… What? Increase intensity but not yelling? What are you talking about? OK, sit down for a moment and let’s talk… Someone said once when the only tool you have