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5 Things I Want From a Sermon | Soul Preaching Ministries

5 Things I Want From a Sermon | Soul Preaching Ministries 5 Things I Want From a Sermon by Sherman Haywood Cox II – January 23, 2007 After listening to a sermon, I thought about what I want in the sermon. Here are a few of the primary things that I want from a sermon. I especially want these things from a black preacher preaching a black sermon. 1. One Thought Please have only one main thought and supporting thoughts. As I think about some of the more difficult sermons that I have listened to I begin to realize that

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September 21, 2010 No Comments

Illustrations and Interest

This is a great way of looking at the use of illustrations.  It is also convicting.   Illustrations and Interest: by Peter Meede Illustrations are an interesting subject. Actually, my concern is that often illustrations are seen as the source of interest in a message. Therefore the best speakers, that is, the most interesting, are those who seem to be a repository of well-researched illustrations. But here’s my concern – do we rely on illustrations to be interesting? Let’s say, for argument’s sake, that we are relying on illustrations to be interesting. What does this imply? Does it imply that really

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September 14, 2010 No Comments

Points of Pride

Points of Pride  by Peter Meede:  I suspect that if we’re honest, we’d all admit that preaching leads to numerous battles with pride. Perhaps not every time, perhaps not in the same way as each other, but there is an inherent danger that points of pride will peek through when we preach. Much of this may be an internal battle unseen by others except the Lord. But sometimes in our preaching we do things that can reveal, or be perceived to be, pride peeking through. A few examples: 1. References to “scholastic matters” – You know what I mean, the extra

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September 12, 2010 No Comments

Great Preaching Caught or Taught? | Soul Preaching Ministries

Great Preaching Caught or Taught? | Soul Preaching Ministries by Sherman Haywood Cox II on February 3, 2010 – 11:56 am When I was in my twenties and was attempting to learn to play Jazz, one writer said, “all the answers are in the music.” What the author was saying is that we often ask many questions that can only be found by listening to great musicians “play” the answer. One jazz teaching instructor said that he had a student who was having a hard time playing jazz. The instructor asked the student, “How much Jazz did you listen to last

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September 6, 2010 No Comments

Simplicity in Preaching

Simplicity in Preaching by J. C. Ryle King Solomon says, in the book of Ecclesiastes, “Of making many books there is no end” (12:12). There are few subjects about which that saying is more true than that of preaching. The volumes which have been written in order to show ministers how to preach are enough to make a small library. In sending forth one more little treatise, I only propose to touch one branch of the subject. I do not pretend to consider what should be the substance and matter of a sermon. I purposely leave alone such points as

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September 3, 2010 No Comments

Web Seminar Replay – Four Waves of Biblical Exegesis – Replay

Web Seminar Replay – Four Waves of Biblical Exegesis – Replay: “This seminar was presented in May of 2009 over at www.soulpreaching.com. Please listen to this one hour seminar that discusses how to interact with Scripture http://shc-webseminar.s3.amazonaws.com/ExegesisSem.mp4 see also www.disciplemaking.net

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September 2, 2010 No Comments

How Does John Piper Prepare a Sermon?

How do you prepare a talk, Bible study, sermon, or speech? I am big on preaching extemporaneous, and I while I think their are other ways to go about preaching, I think that extemporaneous is best for most of us preachers and speakers.  I don’t deny that there are different ways to preach extemporaneously.  One of my problems is that I am so tied to know the many options onmy subject that I never quit studying in time to digest my own work. Let me state that one can preach extemporaneously with some notes or better with certain types of notes (thought it probably

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August 12, 2010 No Comments

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I am first of all a disciple and follower of Jesus Christ. I affirm Evangelical Christian beliefs as well as  Gospel driven in philosophy of ministry. I am married to Ann and am raising 2 wonderful boys – Jonathan and Andrew. My purpose is to build disciplemaking disciples that are becoming fishers of men in fully displaying of God’s Glory in all things. Learn more

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