Good illustrations are not used to water-down the truth; they are used to clarify it, to make it understandable. They can help people get from milk to meat.
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How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Sermon
I wish it was as difficult to ruin a sermon as it is to ruin, say, a tank. But, alas, it is not.
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Political Speeches and Four Characteristics of a Great Message
We must be certain our lives match our words or we greatly diminish our credibility.
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3 Reasons to Give Primary Attention to the Sermon Intro
The introduction is the preacher’s tool to excise distractions from the hearing of God’s Word.
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Animal Welfare on Pastors’ Minds, but Not in Their Sermons
According to a new study from Lifeway Research, Protestant pastors overwhelmingly agree humanity has a God-given duty to care for animals. They just don’t mention it much from the pulpit.
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13 Things a Pastor Should Never Say to a Congregation
In addition to the obvious no-no’s, such as profanity, heresy, racism, sexism, and the like, no pastor should ever be heard to utter any of these 13 statements from the pulpit.
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