Friday Links
I am a student of preaching. I will never arrive. I will be a lifelong learner. Because of this, I like sharing some of the preaching articles that I read around the internet. I share articles every day on Twitter…
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4 Powerful Methods for Closing a Message
The following is a guest post by Matt Maiberger. He is a youth ministry veteran of over 16 years in small, medium, and mega churches. For more from Matt, head over to Youth Speaker’s Coach. Many youth pastors and speakers…
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Changing The Way We Pray
I have tried many different ways to track prayer requests and who I need to pray for. I have kept a hand-written prayer journal, an excel spreadsheet, an Evernote note, and shamefully even just tried to keep it all in…
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How Youth Pastors Can Help Senior Pastors Engage Youth During Sermons
The following is a guest post by James Blewett, the owner and operator of youth-sermons.com and author of the book Can I Get Baptized in Fruit Punch. I wrote a previous article entitled How Senior Pastors Can Engage Youth During Their Sermons….
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7 Characteristics of Effective Preaching
For many years I have obsessed over studying great preaching and preachers. They are all different. All have their own unique style and approach to delivering a message. However, there are 7 characteristics that they all have in common. [fusion_builder_container…
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How Senior Pastors Can Engage Youth During Their Sermons
This is a guest post by James Blewett, the owner and operator of youth-sermons.com and author of the book Can I Get Baptized in Fruit Punch. 60-80% of Christian teenagers are abandoning their faith after graduation before they finish their Freshman year…
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Preach Better Sermons 2013 Highlights
If you missed the free online Preach Better Sermons conference put on by the good people at the Rocket Company, don’t worry. I took a ton of notes. Here are a few of the nuggets I got from each speaker….
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Is Your Preaching Treating the Disease or Just the Symptoms?
About a year ago I got really sick. I tend to avoid doctors like a cat does water, but after a week of feeling miserable I went. The doctor quickly looked at all my symptoms and said, “You have an…
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What Can the Church Learn From the NFL Draft?
The NFL Draft kicked off last night and continues into this weekend. I absolutely love football. I am a die-hard Green Bay Packers fan. And, yes, I do own a cheese head, which I will proudly wear when they win…