Preaching With an Apple Watch – Best Setup
I’ve been preaching a lot in the last few weeks, and I was at three different venues that I had never been to before. Whenever you’re walking into a venue for the first time, you have no idea what to…
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What Pastors Can Learn From The Tesla Cybertruck Fail
A Tesla demonstration for their new Cybertuck recently went viral for all the wrong reasons. While presenting their new Cybertruck to the world, Tesla claimed that their new “armor glass” was near indestructible. So, they picked up a baseball-sized steel…
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How Long Should I Preach? New Research on The Average Sermon Length Of Growing Churches
How long should I preach? The answer may be less than you think, and longer than some would like. I hear this question a lot for a good reason: There’s a lot of confusion and misinformation about how long pastors…
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Read Better to Preach Better
Most people would say that they love a good book, but I fear we’re losing the discipline of reading in our culture today. In our ever-increasing pace and the all-consuming busyness of our lives, more people are turning to social…
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The Difference Between Preaching and Teaching
What’s the difference between preaching and teaching? I’ve heard a pastor labeled as a good teacher, but not a great preacher. I’ve also heard others call a pastor a good preacher, but not a good teacher. However, at the same…
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8 Things I Wish Pastors Wouldn’t Say
There are a lot of cliché phrases that have become mainstream in American Christian culture. Some of them are great. I’m pretty sure that all of them have good intentions behind them. But there are some I wish pastors wouldn’t…
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7 Resources for Busy Pastors
I’m not good at selling stuff. This is mainly because I’m not in ministry to make money; I’m in ministry to make a difference. Sometimes, because I don’t want to come across like a slimy salesman, I don’t do a…
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Better Preaching By Focusing On One Thing
When you evaluate your preaching, the number of things that you need to work on can be overwhelming. Where do you even begin? Many pastors make the mistake of trying to get better in every area of their preaching all at…
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Preaching Basics: Show, Don’t Tell
One of the biggest mistakes we make when preaching is to only tell something to our audience. We need to show it to them, not just tell them. On this episode of Pro Preacher, I’ll tell the story of how…
