Preaching
Stanley and Jones’s Preaching Outline: ME. WE. GOD. YOU. WE.
This is one of the most effective outlines for preaching a topical sermon, taken from Andy Stanley and Lane Jones's book, "Communication for a Change: Seven Keys to Irresistible Communication." They prescribe that this outline is the basic structure for any sermon and that each element should be a part of every message. I have used this structure for...
How To Prepare to Preach Expository Sermons for Maximum Impact
Preaching well is not something I simply strive to do, it is something I am called to do. When I sit to plan my preaching the weight of that calling can sometimes crush me underneath it. The effort of creating a sermon that allows the Holy Spirit to do great and unhindered work is a sweet but rigorous task. So...
Preaching is Not about Mastery but Theology [preaching quote]
"In a world which seems either unwilling or unable to listen, how can we be persuaded to go on preaching, and learn to do so effectively? The essential secret is not mastering certain techniques but being mastered by certain convictions. In other words, theology is more important than methodology." — Stott, John R. W. Between Two Worlds: the Challenge of Preaching...
You Can’t Just Preach Away the Problem
Many pastors think that if you preach at a problem that will fix it. I was one of those pastors (perhaps I still am at times). If you preach often, I am sure you can identify with me - you see a problem in the church, so you plan a sermon to preach at the problem, sure that in the...
Undone: God’s Redemption Plan for Reconciling People To Himself (Acts 10:23-48)
God has no partiality in who he saves and who he does not - so why do Christians so often act as if some people are not good enough for the Gospel? In this message, I unpack the way that God chose to save the Gentiles in the book of Acts. I believe passages address one of the most...
Essential Elements of a Gospel Call
The Gospel message of Jesus Christ is the core of Christianity. Yet, there are too many Christians that have misunderstood or under-defined this life saving message. If you ask every Christian you know to repeat the core elements of the Gospel message, I’m sure you would hear a plethora of different responses: The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Christ… The Birth,...
An Outline For a Strong Start To Your Speech
The worst parts of most sermons is the beginning. You've heard them - things like: Tap, tap, tap, is this thing on? I am so glad to be here... Thank you, Tom, Sally and someone else I am not remember right now. Or someone fumbled through their notes and just can't get off the blocks So what does it take...
Eloquence in Preaching Doesn’t Matter if You’re Missing the Holy Spirit [preaching quote]
“The gospel is preached in the ears of all men; it only comes with power to some. The power that is in the gospel does not lie in the eloquence of the preacher otherwise men would be converters of souls. Nor does it lie in the preacher’s learning; otherwise it could consists of the wisdom of men. We might...
Preaching to Apease?
Phillips Brooks, in his Lectures on Preaching, said a powerful statement that should be tattooed on the minds of all those who approach the pulit: “If you are afraid of men and a slave to their opinions, go and do something else. Go and make shoes to fit them. Go even and paint pictures which you know are bad but...
My Sermon Preparation Schedule
Finding the right time to sermon prep has always been a task for me. Ever since my preaching ministry began, I’ve struggled to ensure that my time outside the pulpit best prepared me for my time inside the pulpit. For years I seemed to always be in fear of the next time I spoke because I was preparing right until...
One Another Series
In this series I went through 61 passages in the New Testament that had the phrase "One Another" in them. My purpose for the series was to expose the body of Creekside to the mutual submission commands of the New Testament in order to help the be the church Christ desires them to be. Originally I only planned on this...
Radical Faithfulness: A Message on Luke 19:11-27 and the Parable of the Ten Minas
This message is on the parable of the minas in Luke 19. Jesus tells this story to make at least two points. One has to do with the timing of His second coming being a long way off. The other has to do with how we are stewarding what we’ve been given in the meantime. The message is easy...