Is Your Preaching a "Performance"? 3 Guiding Questions
It put the holy fear of God in my heart to realize I had the ability to perform the role of a preacher and be believed and trusted when I shouldn't be. I had skills at the ready to inflate my knowledge of scripture, embellish its presentation to appeal to certain people, or protect myself with silence. So what would guide me to ensure I wouldn't perform as a preacher, but enter the pulpit as a preacher of integrity regardless of the stakes?
Every Preacher’s Nightmare (and what happened next)
The moment she got it wrong was one of the biggest preaching moments of her career. A nightmare scenario. She had only seconds to decide what to do.
What she did not do was panic because she knew she didn’t need to. Instead, Yejide stayed in her frame—and preached the sermon of her life.
7 Ways to Become a More Compelling Preacher
In an increasingly unchurched and biblically illiterate society, preaching is the only biblical education many ever get.
Preaching is also a primary factor in many newcomers' decision about whether to return for a second visit.
As a result, the quality of your sermons matters both to your congregation's spiritual growth and to your church's ability to become a spiritual home for those seeking one.
That sounds like a lot of pressure, particularly when preaching is only one part of the job. Fortunately, it is possible to improve and grow in your craft.
The Key to Overcoming "Preacher's Block"
When ideas elude us and the page stares blankly, we may worry we're stuck. Discover the two roots of "preacher's block," and learn the simple key to overcoming that feeling of having nothing to say.
How to Make Your Sermon Stick: 4 Tips for a Memorable Message
Want your sermon to be remembered beyond the end of the service? Check out these four tips you can implement this week to make your sermon stick.
How to Keep Sermon Listeners on the Edge of their Seats
Tension keeps us reading, watching, or listening. Think about any book or movie that kept your attention.
There's a need... a desire, wish, want, hope
that's blocked... thwarted, redirected, obstructed, obscured
which creates a question. If? Who? How? When?
Questions create tension...suspense, anticipation, dissonance, uncertainty
that we need resolved....settled, resolved, determined, answered
And this unknown resolution keeps us on the edge of our seats.
What if You Never Had to Look for a Sermon Message Again?
Even the most experienced preachers sometimes wonder how to pull another message out of too-familiar lessons.
Sermons driven by fear—or avoidance of embarrassment—may get the job done, but not pleasantly.
What if there were another way? A better way?
What if we never had to look for a sermon message again? And no, I don't mean looking to the internet to "borrow" someone else's sermon.
I mean, what if we didn't have to look for the message at all?
What Are You Asking of Your Listeners? An honest Sermon Counts the Cost
Why does it seem like a good sermon isn't enough to cause hearts to be changed?
If the Holy Spirit is really at work and the Gospel is preached with clarity and conviction, how come as soon as we hear the Good News we don't we embrace it and change course immediately?
"How is your prayer?" A simple question with big impact (A Guest Post)
“Over the years I have discovered again and again that prayer, the interior life, is the backstory to my life, marriage, parenting, ministry, teaching, preaching. As my prayer goes, so goes everything else.”
Your free, At-home Easter Retreat (2026)
Perhaps your voice is happily worn out from your Alleluias and preaching, your tummy still rounded with your delicious Easter feast, and your body worn out from the hours spent on your feet and knees guiding your flock from death to Easter joy.
If that is you, then here is my gift: a free, downloadable, guided Easter Retreat that will help your spirit to rise again!