Sermon Development

Sermon Development
Sermons That Resound

Back in the late Mesozoic era, when I was in seminary, my preaching professor told me, “You [...]

Sermon Development
Taizé, Silence and Preaching

It might seem that an article about silence for a preaching website would be a [...]

Sermon Development
Study Confirms and Challenges Preachers

It seems like a no-brainer. Yet preachers rarely seek direct [...]

Sermon Development
Preaching That Flows

“He who controls the pace, controls the victory.” Scrawled on a whiteboard in his office, we find [...]

Sermon Development
The Gift of Silence: How I Lost a Vocal Cord and Found My Voice

“Now there was a great [...]

Sermon Development
The Preacher and the Library

“How shall they hear,” Paul wonders, “without a preacher?” (Romans 10:14 KJV). And I might [...]

Sermon Development
Praying the Text

Let’s face it. Preachers can sometimes experience a good deal of pressure to get that next sermon [...]

Sermon Development
Preparing to Preach by Memorizing the Scripture

It happens more often than I’d like to admit. While [...]

Sermon Development
Preaching from a Manuscript is Not Heresy

I have a recurring nightmare in which I am in [...]

Sermon Development
From Text to Sermon

In many of our denominations, the Sunday sermon is somewhat dictated by a given text in the [...]