Preaching Articles and Resources by Topic

Written by Craig Webb, editor

View articles below on illustrations, preaching skills, help for seasonal emphases, and help for your worship services.

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Improving Your Illustrations

• How to Make Your Illustrations More Current and Engaging
  
  
• 5 Ways to Improve Your Illustrations
  
  
• 5 Ways to Make Your Illustrations SHARP
  (SHARP stands for Story, Humor, Analogies, References, and Pictures)
  
  
• 6 Simple Ways to Find Great Illustrations
  
  
• Five Phases of a Story
  (situation, stress, search, solution, "new" situation)

Preaching Skills

• The Sermon Handout: Uses, Abuses, Ideas, and Samples 
  
  
• Four Critical Elements of Preaching (and how to balance them)
  
  
• How to Write Your State of the Church Message
  
  
• 3 Simple Ways to Spice Up Your Preaching
  
  
• 4 Kinds of Expositional Preaching
  
  
• 5 Ways to Make Your Preaching More Practical and Relevant
  
  
• 7 Strategies for Making Every Message Memorable
  
  
• 9 Vital Communication Skills for Pastors
  
  
• How to Protect Your Speaking Voice

Seasonal

• New Year's
  
  
• Easter
  
  
• Mother's Day and Graduate Recognition Sunday
  
  
• Father's Day
  
  
• Thanksgiving and Christmas

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Worship

• 5 Steps for Using a Creative Worship Planning Team
  
  
• 7 Steps for Using a Movie Clip in Your Sermon
  
  
• 9 Creative Invitation Ideas
  
  
• 10 Creative Suggestions and 5 Sermon Ideas for Celebrating the Lord's Supper
  
  
• Moving from Traditional to Blended Worship Style
  
  
• 12 Ways to Create Powerful Worship Experiences
  
  
• Resources for Finding, Evaluating, and Selecting Movie Clips 
  
  
• Roy Fish on Characteristics of a Good Invitation

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