Yesterday, I mentioned on my blog the “Attract” Sermons Series (click here to read that post). Today, I want to share with you two more types of sermon series that will help bring about a more well-rounded preaching plan. A Growth Sermon Series: The Growth Sermon Series in your message lineup are those series that can make the biggest impact … Read More
Preach Better Sermons By Having One Goal: Radically Transformed Lives
The most important offensive stat in baseball is not home-runs or stolen bases or even batting average, it’s RBI’s (Runs Batted In). The more runs a team is able to score, the better the chance that team has to succeed. So, one of the most significant questions for any baseball manager is this: How can I set my batting lineup so that … Read More
Reaching Unchurched People through Your Preaching
This week I am emphasizing the importance of planning your preaching. I want to encourage you to start looking at your preaching calendars and, if you haven’t done so already, start planning for your Fall Sermon Series. The Fall is typically one of the best times of the year to maximize your outreach to the unchurched. People are getting back … Read More
How do You Measure the Effectiveness of Your Preaching
How do you measure the success of your preaching? How do you know that your preaching is effective? And how do you measure it all? At the Journey we started thinking about how baseball teams measure the effectiveness of their offence by Runners Batted In. We started to think about preaching in terms of RBIs—how do we move people … Read More
The Ten Commandments of Preaching
One of the decisions I made early on in my ministry was that I would do everything possible to cooperate with God to become the best preacher I could be. And I”m still committed to constant improvement. With that in mind, I read a great article recently by Tyler Scarlett, Pastor of Forest (Virginia) Baptist Church, and I want to … Read More