I’m excited to announce that the 2020 Sermon Calendar is now available! Get organized, save time, and get ahead on your sermon planning with this beautiful sermon calendar template. Why You Need to Plan Your Preaching How far ahead are…
A lot of pastors feel like they’re stuck on this endless treadmill of coming up with one sermon after the next. You preach a great message, you write a great sermon, you work your tail off one week, and you…
After I posted my review of Logos 8, saying how excited I was about the new workflow feature, I got a handful of questions asking if I could share my sermon workflow. So here’s a quick video going over my…
Pastor, Christmas services are almost upon us. I know you’re busy, so I’ll be brief. But please, hear me out. Be Interested Don’t just go through the motions. Don’t just rehash the same thing you do every year. If you…
Christmas is coming. And for pastors that means one thing: It’s time to preach another Christmas sermon. If you’re in a bind this year, or just need a little inspiration to get you going, here’s the full manuscript of a…
I’ll never forget my first funeral sermons. I was a young pastor on the pastoral care rotation at a large church, and I panicked when I got the call that a young mother of three in our church had passed…
Look, if you are a pastor who preaches nearly every week, your job is hard! You are always under pressure to churn out another good sermon. You will carry that stress like a 50-pound boulder on your chest. That is why…
Early in his ministry, Martin Luther sarcastically described his “lazy” life of ministry in Wittenberg: “All day long I do nothing but write letters…. I preach at the monastery, I am a lector during mealtimes, I am asked daily to…
The average pastor spends 8-15 hours a week on sermon preparation. Great preaching requires this time at least. But did you know that after 24 hours, people only remember around 25% of what you say, and within a week they…