Month: November 2016

You ever been scared? Fear serves a purpose, it can actually be beneficial. It is beneficial to be scared of falling off the side of that building… So we don’t go near the edge. It is beneficial to be scared of that

I have a text and a theme, how am I supposed to preach this? Doesn’t happen all the time, but it does happen from time to time. “They gave me a text and a theme and I just can’t figure out how

Preaching is for real… People are going through real stuff… And they come… Sister Betty just got a cancer diagnosis… And what are you preaching? Brother Joe just found out he lost his job and his wife is pregnant… …and what are

A Preacher Ain’t a Bully You can almost always tell when a preacher is verbally beating up on a member. “Don’t send me an email that says XXXXX…” Huh? So you are clowning a member who sent you an email from the

What are you preaching this week? What are you preaching next week? What are you preaching next month? Most of you can answer the first question right now. Less of you can answer the second question… And very few can answer the

How Do you insure Relevance Relevance doesn’t mean that you never preach about the ethical demands of the text. Relevance simply means that you preach in a way that is UNDERSTOOD by the people. You translate the texts into the situation of