The key to delivering actionable sermons is to provide practical application for personal transformation in your faith community. This is done by having an understanding of your culture, asking practical questions, and having a single call to action.
Every Sunday you pray, prepare, practice, and preach your sermon to your faith community believing life change is going to occur. And then on Monday, over 80% of those who heard your sermon have no idea what it was about. How do you increase their retention to deepen their life change? Deliver engaging sermons that … Continue reading Engaging Sermons: The Key to Increasing Retention
To see healthy church growth in your faith community you need to incorporate the use of expository preaching. This will allow you to preach the scriptures in a way that conveys the original author's meaning as God intended them to be heard. When the scriptures are read with their original meaning, life change happens and the Holy Spirit moves in supernatural ways.
We all love the story of Noah and the Ark. We are familiar with the story of David and Goliath. We understand the idea behind the Creation story. We know there was a story about someone in a lion's den. And didn't someone get saved from a furnace...or fire...or something like that? Many Americans are … Continue reading How to Overcome Biblical Illiteracy
When I was a teenager, friendship meant everything. I am a very loyal friend and am quick to come to the aid of those closest to me, and I believe this mentality was forged through my emotionally intense, highly awkward teen years. My friends were my whole world, and I assume it was the same … Continue reading Time to Be a Hero
Having a strong discipleship process that leads into a progressive leadership pipeline is vital to the health of any church and its long-term effectiveness in the community it sits in. Unfortunately, too many churches have no leadership pipeline and their discipleship process is geared toward capturing people over 50 and struggle to engage Millennials. For … Continue reading It’s Time to Redesign Your Discipleship Process
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