It was precisely eleven years ago when my father-in-law and I traveled to Saddleback Church for the Preaching for Life Change conference taught by Rick Warren and Tom Holladay. And it was definitely life-changing and ministry-altering. It changed the way I preached in multiple ways...
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Learn About Radical Preaching at Radicalis 2011
February 10, 2011 3 Comments
42 Part Sermon Series on Romans Now Online
February 5, 2011 Leave a Comment
I've just finished adding all 42 of my sermons (in audio / mp3 format) to my Life In Ministry website. I'll be adding other series' soon. Feel free to listen in!
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All Your Pastor Wants for Christmas
December 5, 2010 Leave a Comment
Disclaimer: I don’t know your Pastor (probably) and so I can’t say for sure he wants any of these things, much less that he wants these things exclusively, but I thought I’d take a stab at saying here’s what, in my estimation, many Pastors would love to have… if you’re looking for ideas.
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The Role of Vision-Casting In Preaching
October 1, 2010 Leave a Comment
Pastor, God called you to lead. (If you're not a Pastor, but you have a Pastor, God called your Pastor to lead you.) He didn't call you to lead by consensus or by permission. He called you to lead by following His voice, and to do it boldly.
Somewhere in the history of democratically-governed churches, we …
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Squeeze a Sermon for All It’s Worth
September 29, 2010 Leave a Comment
I just had a guest post published over at ChurchMarketingSucks.com, a site dedicated to helping the church communicate with greater excellence. A sermon takes a lot of work to produce, so my challenge is to find ways to utilize the value of it in various ways even after it's preached. Check out Repurposing …
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What Language Do You Preach In?
September 27, 2010 4 Comments
I preach in English, because it's all I know. I took Spanish in college, but sat next to my wife and stayed distracted the whole semester - wound up with a C. But I'm not really getting at language in the sense of nationalities or tribal traditions. What I want to know is, do you speak human?
One of my least …
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Pray for Us As Everything Changes
May 30, 2010 23 Comments
Angie and I have been walking through the process of following God's call to a new ministry. We had a very emotional morning today at Bethel as we shared the news that I am resigning as Pastor and my last Sunday will be July 4th. I am accepting a position on the pastoral staff of Saddleback Church in Orange …
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The 25 Most Influential Preachers of the Last 25 Years
May 17, 2010 1 Comment
This month's copy of Preaching Magazine arrived a week or so ago and Billy Graham made the cover for a story in which Michael Diduit names 25 of the most influential Preachers of the last 25 years. The article has also been published at Sermon Central for you to read.
There are several names on the list who …
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An Entire Sermon In One Graphic
April 6, 2010 Leave a Comment
Possible working concept for the camp theme for the Meramec Baptist Association's summer youth camp. …
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A Cool Idea for Message Presentations
March 22, 2010 1 Comment
At our church, we use PowerPoint at the moment, but we're looking into a few other great church/worship presentation platforms. No matter what you use, I thought this was a really cool idea. What went through my head was a Pastor jotting his notes down during the week, then literally allowing his notes to be …
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