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INDEX TO SERMONS |
When a topic seems dull, only the preacher's visible interest can give it life |
Sermons read are never, by nature, interactive or dialogical. Spoken sermons are |
It is a powerful thing to speak humbly, as though one could be wrong |
Great sermons are passion driven, and you cannot read passion into speaking |
To talk about real, ordinary people, the preacher must do just that: just talk |
For metaphors to work, you have to explain them in a lively, unscripted way |
The best sermons are ones that don't have all the answers neatly written and read |
There are times for emotional sermons, but real emotions cannot be pre-planned |
People like sermons that search for answers, but the search cannot seem canned |
Don't be afraid of the personal, but speak it from your heart, not from a page |
Nothing communicates like passion, though some preachers will never know that |
People love surprises in sermons, but it must also appear to surprise the preacher |
People like nothing better than to listen to someone in the throes of real thinking |
To make a sermon personal, the preacher must be seen to take it personally |
A Different Kind of Sermon from the John 4 Story of the Samaritan woman |
A Sermon that Conjures Up Philemon, Onesimus and that Letter |
In Sermons on Books of the Bible, This One Captures Malachi |
This Sermon Introduces a Series on the Ten Commandments |
A Sermon from an Advent Series Built Around Literary Metaphors |
A Sermonic Search for Who God's Messengers Really Are Today |
What is the Church Supposed to be Doing Today, Based in Revelation? |
A Sermon About the Tough Questions that Arise from, Yes, Deuteronomy |
From a Series on Revelation, Having Fun with the Beasts of Chapter 13 |
Few Stories of the Bible Are as Beautiful as Naomi, Boaz, and Ruth |
A Meditation Based on Jesus' Words, 'I Am Meek and Lowly . . .' |
A Sermon About the Variety of People Who Gather About the Throne |
About the Unsettling Story of Ananias and Sapphira in Church |
Can a Sermon About the Book of Numbers Come to Life? |