“Christ is the only way to salvation for all who were, are, and ever shall be.” – Huldrych Zwingli, Father of the Swiss Reformation
W.A. Criswell on the Highest Privilege of Life
“To lift Him up, to preach His name, and to invite souls to love Him and to follow Him is the highest, heavenliest privilege of human life.” -W.A. Criswell
Leonard Ravenhill on What You Must Do Before You Preach Tomorrow (or any Sunday)
“The preacher must pray. It is not that he can pray or that he could pray but that he must pray if he intends to have a spiritual church. There is no other way to power but by prayer.” – Leonard Ravenhill
Peter Bohler’s Advice on John Wesley
“Preaching faith until you have it and then because you have it you will preach faith.” – Peter Bohler (1712-1775) as recorded in John Wesley’s Journal
TODAY ONLY! How to Double the Effectiveness of Your Preaching – Free E-Book
Standing up to preach God’s word is a tremendous responsibility – not to be held lightly. As a teaching pastor, shouldn’t you do everything you can to be sure that you’re a good steward of every opportunity? In my new Double the Effectiveness of Your Preaching E-Book, you’ll discover the nine simple steps to double – or even quadruple – the … Read More
5 Benefits of Planning a One-Year Preaching Calendar
This is Kerrick Thomas – and for the last 12 years I’ve served alongside of Nelson Searcy as Executive Pastor of The Journey Church. I’m guest blogging today and would like to talk to you about the benefits of planning out your preaching calendar. As a teaching pastor, I’m very familiar with the weekly grind of preaching week in and … Read More
LAST CHANCE – only 2 times left! My New Preaching Calendar Webinar
This is it – the LAST DAY of my ALL NEW “Planning Your 2017 Preaching Calendar” webinar. Don’t miss out – this is a critical training event for senior pastors! You still have TWO FINAL OPPORTUNITIES today to join in – once at 11:00am ET and again at 2:00pm ET. This has been the largest webinar event this year – … Read More
You’re Invited! NEW 2017 Preaching Calendar Webinar (+ bonuses!)
A few weeks ago at The Journey, we had a week-long planning retreat with all of our teaching pastors and our worship pastors from our various campuses. At the end of the planning session, we walked away with a preaching calendar. Out of that planning, literally and somewhat surprisingly, we had all the titles for all our series next year … Read More
J. Frank Norris on a Literal Salvation
“Whenever you find a preacher who takes the Bible allegorically and figuratively…that preacher is preaching an allegorical gospel which is no gospel. I thank God for a literal Christ, for a literal salvation. There is literal sorrow, literal death, literal Hell, and, thank God, there is a literal Heaven.” – J. Frank Norris, “The Texas Tornado” and first megachurch multi-site pastor … Read More
John Bunyan’s Tips on Knowing if You’ve Been Called to Preach
Today’s guest post comes to us from Will Graham for Evangelical Focus.com. John Bunyan’s (1628-88) classic ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ is perhaps the best-known book of the Puritan era. Although millions of believers are familiar with the valiant exploits of Christian on his onward march to the Celestial City, few know much about the wonderful man of God behind the book. … Read More