Listen, if you want to be an effective preacher, you need a sermon calendar. You might get away with winging it for a while, but eventually, you will either burn out or fail to reach your God-given potential. If you…
As a new pastor, the weight of weekly sermon preparation crushed me. I had preached a few sermons here and there before, but preaching every single week was terrifying. If I had not taken action to get organized, I would…
The good news of Christmas is that Jesus came to save all people. He did not just come to save the worthy people. He came to rescue sinners, no matter who they are or what they’ve done. But some people have…
Are you ready for your Christmas sermon? As you are well aware, Christmas Eve services are one of the highest attendance days of the year for most churches. It’s the big event, the big night. Hundreds—maybe even thousands—of people will…
Jesus is the common thread that unites all believers. One of the great beauties of the gospel is the way that it welcomes all believers—regardless of race, nationality, language, social status, or background—into one Christian family. There may be no…
It’s Christmas time again. And every year pastors have the task to create yet another great Christmas sermon. But after many years of preaching the same message, you can get repetitive. The message every year should remain the same, but…
No pastor is perfect. Some pastors have given the title a bad name. But for the most part, from my experience, the majority of pastors I have met are sincerely doing their best to follow Jesus and remain faithful to…
Think about the wonder of that first Christmas morning. The King of Kings and Lord of Lord, the Savior of the world, was born. Jesus Christ left heaven and all its infinite glory and chose to be born a human baby…
We look at the preaching giants of history in awe and wonder. How did they do it? They speak with golden tongues, dispensing endless pearls of wisdom. It’s almost like they could do no wrong, like they could fart on…