Church Planting for the Rest of Us

Here’s the next installment in my Successful Sermons blog series. Hope it helps. Again, I apologize for the formatting that refuses to cooperate. *Note to self and all bloggers: Copying and pasting from Pages is a no-no for WordPress. ; )   Illustrations: 1. Does it serve the text? 2. Is it appropriate for this [...]

Today, I continue my blog series on preaching with some thoughts on Introductions and Conclusions. If you are just joining us, these are notes from my teaching guide for a recent class I taught in my local church on the subject of preaching. Again, forgive the weird formatting, WordPress hates this series of posts apparently. [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I began posting a series of excerpts from a recent class on Preaching that I led in my local church. To see the rest of the series, click the Preaching tab above. In this installment, I  offer several “guiding principles” for biblical exposition that I hope you find helpful. Again, [...]

Every (honest) man on the planet struggles in this area. In this short excerpt from a recent sermon at Crossing Church in Louisville, KY, I try to give some help for the struggle.

“This gospel basis and gospel interweaving of our sermons should be clear enough so that the living Jesus will be honored as the groundand goal of the message because of his grace-securing sacrifice for us. This gospel basis and gospel interweaving of our sermons should be clear enough so that the imperative that flows from the message is, [...]

If you are just joining us, I am sharing some of the notes from a recent class I taught on preaching for our up and coming preachers at our church. In this post, I seek to describe how to accomplish the “Gospel-Driven” aspect of preaching. Remember, these are just outline notes and not written in [...]

It’s what I like to call : Gospel-Driven, Expositional Preaching Of course, those terms can mean all kinds of things for all kinds of people, so I tried to briefly explain them below. What Do I Mean by “Gospel-Driven?” Description: 1. Every sermon (legitimately) finds its way to Jesus and seeks to bring the Gospel [...]

*There are plenty of definitions out there. This is simply mine. For now. “The proclamation of the Good News of the Gospel and teaching of the Bible for the purposes of worship, pastoral care, and leadership of the church for the glory of God.” What would you add? Subtract? Nuance? Floor’s open.

—– Of course, there’s plenty more I could say, but sometimes it it is wise to simply let the Word speak for itself. —– 1. Because of what we believe about the Bible. 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness 2 Tim. [...]

What lesser gods are you trusting in today? Cast them before the One True God and be satisfied. Praying for you today. To get the listening guide to help in your own sermon prep, click HERE. To see this entire message, click HERE