Sermon Development
Singing on All Saints Sunday
It happened again a couple of weeks ago: In the middle of a funeral sermon [...]
Sermon Development
Sermon Development
Writing Your Reformation Day Sermon
Reformation Sunday was a big deal in the church of [...]
Sermon Development
Beyond Illustrations
Most preachers have learned the lesson well: showing is crucial to telling. We are not the first [...]
Sermon Development
Keeping the Word Central
A friend of mine often jokes that he likes to read the biblical text because it sheds [...]
Sermon Development
Yearning for a Word
Reading sermons has never been very inspiring to me, and many of my pastoral colleagues agree. So [...]
Sermon Development
Writing for the Ear, Part 3
Preachers are usually so close to the sermon that they do not notice gaps in [...]
Sermon Development
Writing for the Ear, Part 2
Once you have a sermon draft, you can begin to tweak various elements. It is [...]
Sermon Development
Writing for the Ear, Part 1
Preaching is an oral/aural event. And yet, preachers often prepare sermons as they would write [...]
Sermon Development
Building Sermons that Build the Church Part 2
Week after week, the preacher has the privilege of shaping [...]
Sermon Development
Building Sermons that Build the Church Part 1
“For the first five years of ministry, it felt like [...]