Sermon Development

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Sermon Development
Dialogue Sermons: How and Why

David: How we got here I’ve long been attracted to the communal nature of preaching: [...]

Preaching as evangelism in a small town setting
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Jesus’ Expansive Mission: Preaching and Evangelism

Preaching and evangelism take many [...]

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Point of Identification: Matching Message with Context

Often I hear sermons where [...]

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Preaching to Personas: 5 Ways to Reach Your Intended Audience

Who is the intended audience? [...]

Walking the dog: how to preach with confidence
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Walk the Dog: Preaching with Confidence

After decades of teaching preaching, I’ve learned that one of [...]

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Got Stewardship?

Years ago there was a campaign from the milk industry in the United States that asked a [...]

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How to Get Useful Sermon Feedback from Listeners: 5 Keys for Success 

It’s the end of the [...]

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Twenty Questions to Ask the Text

Although there are many different ways of reading the Bible, [...]

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Stories We Tell One Another

I recently finished work on an MFA in Creative Writing—that is, I graduated with a [...]

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First Words: What the Beatitudes Tell Us about Jesus as a Preacher

“Guess what the first words [...]