Have you ever finished preparing for a message and asked yourself, “Is it ready?”

Sometimes I wonder if my sermon has what is needed to make an impact.

There are three questions you can ask at the end of your sermon prep process that will help you know if you are on track.

In this week’s video, we examine these simple, but powerful, evaluation questions that can be used to assess your sermon’s effectiveness BEFORE you preach it.

There are three questions to ask at the end of your sermon prep process that will help you know if you are on track. These are simple, but powerful, evaluation tools that can be used to assess your sermon's effectiveness BEFORE you preach it. 

Pew Research conducted a massive study on 50,000 sermons at over 6,000 churches to determine how sermons differ in length and content based on denomination. In this video we'll dive into their findings.

How long should I preach?

That is an important question that we must answer intentionally as pastors. How long the sermon is can make a difference in your listener’s ability to listen and apply.

But, is there an ideal length for a sermon or does it depend on context?

What are some best-practices to keep in mind when determining how long to preach?

In this week’s video, we dive into those questions. 

How long should a sermon be? Is there an ideal time-limit or does it depend on context? How does sermon length vary from one denomination to another? What are some best-practices to keep in mind when determining how long to preach? We deal with all those questions and more in this video.

With Killer Sermons Academy open for just a few more days, I wanted to share something with you that’s been on my mind…

The more I work with preachers, the more frustrated I get with the bad information that’s out there about preaching. Here’s the myths many preachers are led to believe:

Myth 1: Spend thousands of dollars to go to seminary and learn how to give a technical, stilted sermon that makes their professor proud but doesn’t connect with real people.

Myth 2: Find their favorite one or two preacher(s) and just try to be like them.

Myth 3: Believe that more experience preaching will eventually lead to excellent preaching.

Myth 4: Settle into their preaching routine without discovering what truly engages people and keeps their attention.

Myth 5: Let every week feel like they’re cramming for a test last minute because they don’t have time to fit it all in.

Myth 6: Preach...

What is "pep talk" preaching? It's the kind of preaching that might be true, but doesn't really need Jesus. It doesn't "need" the Holy Spirit's work because people can go and "live it out" without Jesus.

We want to avoid this kind of preaching. There is a better way! In this video we explore 3 ways to ensure that Jesus is the center of our preaching and it is empowered by the Holy Spirit.

If you've ever had to preach with a sore throat, you know the stress it causes! I want to offer some quick remedies to get your voice back on track so you can get through the sermon strong!

Application is vitally important in preaching. If no one applies your message, then why did you preach it? It's SOO much better when we know that our listeners are latching on to what we're saying and it's making a difference. In this video, we are going to explore three ways we can give application in our messages that makes them more applicable.