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Married to Michele. Dad to Joshua and Morgan. Pastor, Quail Springs Baptist Church in OKC. President, 2024 SBC Pastors’ Conference. Host, Moving Forward Radio.
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One of the most valuable preaching skills:
Preaching Christ from Old Testament passages.
Master it and you'll see a deeper faith in your congregation.
These 5 questions will get you started:
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Being a pastor is not my career path; it is my calling.
The Bible is not the tool of my trade; it is my sustenance.
Jesus is not my platform; He is my life!
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Today, Michele and I joyfully accepted the invitation of Quail Springs Baptist in OKC to serve as their pastor, beginning March 3. We thank God for Bell Shoals Baptist where He has blessed us for nearly a decade. We look forward to the next few weeks with our
@bellshoals
family.
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At my dad, Gerald’s, shop. In 1963 he sold his wristwatch for bus fare from barber school in Winston to his first job cutting hair in Greensboro, NC. He works hard 10+ hours/day, 5 days/week. Does 30+ cuts/day. Absolute integrity & humility. Enjoys each day. Role model. Hero.
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I've spent THOUSANDS of hours preaching and teaching preaching.
Here are 9 simple strategies to make your sermon delivery more dynamic (that you can start applying this week)...
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Rick got saved a month ago, and responded to the invitation this past Sunday
@QSBC
.
He told me: “I went to 3 or 4 churches. You’re the first one who gave an altar call.” He’s scheduled for baptism next week!
Pastors, I encourage you: Present the gospel and give an invitation.
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D. L. Moody: “Christ is just as great as your faith makes Him.”
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I once heard a great SBC leader say: “Southern Baptists used to talk about soul-winning, then we talked about witnessing, then we talked about sharing, then we stopped talking about it altogether!” God, give us soul-winning pastors leading soul-winning churches. And start in me!
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In the past year, Bell Shoals baptized 444 people, the highest number of baptisms in our 56-year history. I’m so thankful. Praise the Lord!
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The first and last 2 or 3 minutes of your sermon are vital.
Here are 12 simple techniques for strengthening the beginning and end of your message to make your preaching impossible to ignore or forget.
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Preacher: If your expository sermon doesn’t have a clear main idea expressed in a short simple sentence, then you don’t really know what your sermon is about. If you are unsure, your listeners won’t have a clue. Write that sentence!
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Just led a young man named Christian to the Lord. Now his status matches his name!
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I propose a moratorium on using “rock star” to describe anyone in ministry, unless that person is an incredible frontman, guitarist, bassist, or drummer.
Seriously, can we please quit calling pastors “rock stars”?
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I’m honored to serve as the president for the 2024 Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference. This year I’m praying for every pastor who asks. Click on the link below to let me know how I can pray for you, your family, or your ministry.
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Some sermonizers seem shackled to starting sentences with syllables sharing similar sounds. Shun such showy shenanigans!
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Michele and I are in our new state, Oklahoma. Looking forward to beginning ministry at
@QSBC
this Sunday!
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Today, beautiful, sweet Michele and I celebrate 29 years of marriage. I am so thankful for her! I’m glad she married me!
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No notes to full manuscript - every sermon delivery method has its merits. Personally, I use minimal notes to enhance eye contact, freedom of movement, natural speech, and relatability to the audience.
Here are 9 tips to minimize your sermon notes...
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Today, Michele and I celebrate our 33rd wedding anniversary. We have known each other from the time we were babies in the church nursery, fell in love as teenagers, and have been blessed in our marriage every year. I praise God for Michele!
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Study prepares the sermon. Prayer prepares the preacher.
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Happy anniversary to my bride of 28 years! I love you, Michele! At Joshua and Morgan’s wedding in December.
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AW Tozer wrote this a long time ago: “Sometimes I think the Church would be better off if we would call a moratorium on activity for about six weeks and just wait on God to see what He is waiting to do for us. That’s what they did before Pentecost.”
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Preacher, here’s something worth trying: Prepare your last sermon point first. There’s always a tendency to camp out too long on the first point of the sermon and to neglect the last point, both in prep and delivery. Reversing your prep order occasionally may help with balance.
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A word for preachers:
Your prepared sermon is not a poem; it’s a blueprint.
Don’t get hung up on saying everything in the pulpit exactly as you wrote it in the study.
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Praying for my friend and colleague
@JimShaddix
He is one of the finest men I have ever known. Asking for God to heal him completely.
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What if all SBC pastors and leaders just did this? Could it possibly hurt us, our churches, or our witness? “Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.” Romans 12:10 (ESV)
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After 33 years as a Pastor, I've learned important lessons about handling the stress that comes with ministry. Here are 5 strategies that have helped me and will hopefully help you...
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Pastor, have you ever considered that if it were not for letter writing, we would not have most of the books of the New Testament?
Writing notes to your people who lose loved ones, need encouragement, or deserve a word of thanks is a simple but lasting part of pastoral ministry.
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What the church needs from pastors: 1. Urgent evangelism. 2. Bible exposition. 3. Fervent prayer. 4. Conviction that Jesus is returning.
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Most people think learning how to speak in public effectively takes 10,000 hours. But I can explain it to you in 30 seconds:
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No matter where else Southern Baptist churches might succeed, if we fail to win more lost people to Christ, then we have failed.
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One of the saddest things in our world today is profanity in public places. I regularly hear men and women in airports, restaurants, sports events, and other places use every foul word imaginable, with no care for children who hear or others. No saved person should use profanity.
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Preacher: Paper is a poor conductor of electricity. Internalize the message. Minimize the notes. You can do it!
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The Easter message is prepared. But is the preacher prepared? Study prepares the sermon, prayer prepares the preacher.
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When my dad finished barber school in 1963, he had to sell his wristwatch for bus fare to start his first job in Greensboro, NC. From nothing, he made a great life for our family. He works hard, loves the Lord, and is unfailingly friendly and cheerful. I love him and my mom!
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Today we baptized 26 people of all ages at
@QSBC
! At the beginning of the week we had only one person tentatively scheduled for baptism. God is working.
Southern Baptists, let’s stay on mission! Let’s keep preaching Jesus. Let’s keep winning souls. That’s what it’s all about.
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Happy anniversary, beautiful! Michele and I got married 30 years ago today. We have been so blessed! She is as gorgeous as ever, and I no longer wear huge glasses!
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Today marks the completion of my 50th journey around the sun on planet earth. I love Jesus. I love my wife, our son and his wife, my parents, and my in-laws. I’m so thankful for my life.
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I’m convinced that prayer is the key to opening the hearts of lost people to receive the gospel and opening the lips of believers to share the gospel.
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Amen to this! Drinking alcohol is destructive to individuals and families, and it accomplishes nothing that glorifies God. I’m baffled and heartbroken that any pastor or leader would defend “social” drinking.
Pastor Brad, you are absolutely correct. Drinking alcoholic beverages in our day is at best unwise, and doing so in front of your children is doubly unwise. Thx for your courage in a day when many Christians, even pastors, refrain from addressing this issue.
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Praying for Judge Kavanaugh to lead with godly wisdom and justice as he serves on the US Supreme Court. Asking God for future court decisions that will protect the unborn and uphold religious liberty.
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God is working in our church. We are seeing people get saved and baptized and believers grow in their relationships with Jesus and each other. I’m thrilled to study and preach God’s Word each week. After 32+ years in ministry, I’ve never been more thankful to be a pastor!
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Great day at Bell Shoals! 22 people baptized. 16 were spontaneous!
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This week’s memory verse: Psalm 37:3–4 (ESV): Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
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Our son
@joshrummage
graduated magna cum laude with his Doctor of Pharmacy degree yesterday from the University of South Florida in Tampa. He’s 24. Michele and I are so proud and thankful for him and his sweet wife, Morgan. Congrats Dr. Rummage!
#USFHealth
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The shameful killing of George Floyd is an affront to God, an abuse of authority, and a sin against a valuable person created in God’s image. As a Christian pastor, I will stand against injustice and for God’s righteousness, and will call my congregation to do the same.
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I am positive: the greatest need in evangelical churches is to win more people to Jesus and baptize more in 2020. I’m praying God will use
@QSBC
in mighty ways for the gospel in the coming year.
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Three revival pleas from Isaiah 63:15-64:12:
1. Lord, please look down! We need your attention. (63:15-19)
2. Lord, please come down! We need your presence. (64:1-5)
3. Lord, please reach down! We need your touch. (64:6-12)
We don’t work up revival. God sends down revival!
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Early in his ministry, Vance Havner preached a message on Hell that a man in his church didn’t like. The man said, “You should preach on the meek and gentle Jesus.” Havner replied: “That’s where I got my information about Hell!”
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Profanity, vulgarity, hateful speech, lying, and gossip are outward and audible signs of an inward and spiritual corruption. When a person’s speech is ungodly, it shows that he or she needs God’s saving grace.
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I got saved in the summer when I was 6 years old. I was baptized later that same year. I’m thankful that I had parents, a church, and a pastor who encouraged me to follow Jesus in baptism as a child and did not hinder me! I’m saved, and I know that I am. Praise the Lord!
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So thankful to God for the wonderful people of
@bellshoals
Honored to have served there, and eager to see what God will do in the future. Michele and I love Bell Shoals and will miss these precious friends.
For his last sermon at Bell Shoals, Dr. Stephen Rummage used a passage from Philippians 4 to encourage us to move forward!
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Preaching tip: During the last phase of your preparation, find something — an illustration, a cross reference, a word study, etc. — to DELETE from your message.
Ask: Is this element making my sermon better or just making it longer?
There’s usually something you should cut.
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God has not called believers to make the world the best possible place from which to die and go to hell. He has called us to reach this sinful, broken world with the eternal, saving power of the gospel.
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2 relationship options: (1) be perfect, never mess up, and require perfection from others. (2) continually seek, extend, and receive forgiveness. The first option is impossible, so the second option is indespensible. Ephesians 4:32
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My greatest blessing each day is reading my Bible. Some parts of Scripture are difficult to read, but every page helps me become more of what God created me and redeemed me to be.
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My son and future daughter-in-law just told me that they led 3 students to Jesus Christ on Wednesday night
@bellshoals
student ministry! That’s what it’s all about!!
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David Jeremiah: When you are in the middle of trials, everyone will have an opinion or a suggestion or a remedy. But after all is said and done, there is only one thing that you can put all your trust in, and that is the character of God.
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I'm excited to announce the speaker lineup for the 2024 SBC Pastors' Conference in Indianapolis from June 9-10. Each one is speaking on the topic of Faithfulness.
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Simple but effective preaching advice: Always do something on Monday to get ready for Sunday. Even if it’s just a little something. No matter how tired or busy you are, get into your next preaching text. “Well begun is half done.”
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In our 9:30 service, I got mixed up about where I was in my main preaching text, and I told everyone to read the wrong verse. But I shook it off and kept pressing on. Somehow, God still used me!
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Each meal I ate and each stitch of clothes I wore from the day I was born until I left home depended on my dad standing behind his barber chair, cutting hair. Go back to your barber or hairdresser ASAP. Pay for the haircuts you missed. For their families, their work is essential!
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John D. Rockefeller on punctuality: “A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.” Amen! This is also good advice for sermons that continue when they ought to conclude.
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I will give an account to God as a preacher and teacher. I would rather preach the Bible in literal simplicity and be charged by Him with a lack of brilliance and imagination than preach it with sophisticated symbolism and be charged with a lack of trust in His Word.
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I love the Lord Jesus, I love to preach His Word, and I love serving His church. I am so thankful to be a pastor!
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92 people followed Jesus in believer's baptism today across the campuses of
@bellshoals
Praise God for a miraculous New Life Sunday!
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If a trial comes knocking on your door, it’s because God gave it your address! No trial comes to you that hasn’t been filtered through the love, mercy, and grace of God.
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As a pastor, when it’s time to make tough decisions, I’ve learned that I don’t need to be the smartest guy in the room who knows all the answers. I do need to be faithful and obedient to Jesus and depend on Him.
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Our son
@joshrummage
is graduating magna cum laude today and starts pharmacy school at USF in July. We are so proud and thankful for him!
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Every week, my preaching goal is simple: To show what is in a biblical text so that the hearer might trust God with respect to the truth of that text. This, I believe, is the essence of expository preaching. Romans 10:17.
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Michele and I made these matching picture plaques when we were 6 and 7 in Vacation Bible School at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Greensboro, NC. Parents, you never know who your son and daughter might meet in VBS or Sunday School!
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Expository preaching helplessly depends on the biblical text for everything in the sermon. Anointed preachers helplessly depend on the Holy Spirit for everything in their preaching.
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Preacher: Bible teaching may stay in the historical, but Bible preaching must carry historical truth into the now. Make sure your main idea and sermon points are present tense, not past tense. Build application into the framework of your message.
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Tomorrow marks my fifth anniversary as pastor of
@QSBC
I’m so very thankful. Tonight I’m marking my Bible and praying through my message: “Please, Lord, Send Revival” from Isaiah 63-64. Asking God to come down.
Study prepares the sermon. Prayer prepares the preacher.
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Our
@QSBC
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions goal for 2019 was $250,000. Our congregation gave $262,312! I’m thankful to serve a generous church with a heart to see people all over the world come to Christ. Praise God for
@DrPaulChitwood
and
@IMB_SBC
!
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The best SBC news I’ve heard in a long, long time. Dr. Iorg is a godly, skilled leader who will bring wisdom, gravitas, and a steady hand to the Executive Committee. Thank you
@SBCExecComm
search team for waiting and seeking the right man for the right time! Praise God!
A special-called meeting will take place March 21 for SBC Executive Committee members to consider the nomination of Jeff Iorg as the next EC president and CEO.
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If Southern Baptists fail at the point of evangelism, it will not matter where else we succeed.
Let’s stay on mission.
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Take half a step away from the infallibility of Scripture, and you’ve started a million mile journey away from authentic Christianity. Denial of every other doctrine begins with denial of the trustworthiness and authority of God’s Word.
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I’m near the end of reading my Bible through in 2020 using the M’Cheyne Reading Plan. Each day I read portions of Scripture I have not yet preached. My prayer is that God will give me opportunity to study and preach much more of His Word before I die.
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I’d rather preach God’s Word to God’s people than eat when I’m hungry. I am amazed and surprised that the Lord would use someone like me to preach His Word.
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If every pastor on Twitter made a determination to be kind and gracious in the tone and words of his tweets, I believe that would be nothing but helpful, and beyond that, pleasing and honoring to the Lord Jesus.
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God brought 315 people to Sunday Night
@bellshoals
! (Goal was 300) Gary followed Jesus in baptism after worship service. Praise the Lord!
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I had the honor of baptizing 8 people
@QSBC
yesterday. I am amazed that God has allowed me the blessing of preaching His Word and helping people follow Jesus. It’s the sweetest thing this side of heaven.
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Let’s stay on mission. Let’s preach God’s Word. Let’s point people to Jesus. Let’s avoid distractions.
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Junior Hill preached for me when I served Hickory Grove in Charlotte and twice while I served Bell Shoals in Tampa Bay. Each time, he clearly proclaimed the gospel and scores of people trusted Christ as Savior. Junior was called, chosen, and faithful. What a blessing he was!
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Last night, our son, Joshua, asked Morgan Routh to marry him, and she said yes! Michele and I are so thankful for her. What a great Christmas!
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Agreat word to preachers from Tozer that applies to social distancing: “Stay with God in the secret place longer than we are with men in the public place and the fountain of our wisdom will never dry up. Our first responsibility is not to the public but to God and our own souls.”
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One of my older friends was asked, “When are you going to retire?” He answered, “I retire every night. Then the next morning, I get up and start again.” Amen! God created us to be industrious and productive.
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Congratulations to
@jeffdejac
, who tonight was affirmed by
@QSBC
as our Associate Executive Pastor. I’m thankful for this brother. He’s an awesome leader and faithful soul-winner. We praise God for you, Dr. DeGiacomo!
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I've been a Baptist even longer than I've been saved, and I've discovered that saved Baptists make the best kind!
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Simple advice for sermon prep that really makes a difference: Always do something on Monday to get ready for Sunday.
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As president of our 2024
@SBCPastorsConf
, I’m praying for each pastor who asks. A blessing to receive requests from pastors, put their names in my prayer book, and lift them before the Lord.
Pastor, I’d love to pray for you. Send your request to
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Over 32 years ago, my pastor, Jack Morris, gave me this Bible at my ordination. This morning at 6:15, my friend went to be with the Lord after a 6 year journey with Alzheimer’s. Soon, I’ll preach the gospel at Jack’s funeral. Jack was right: God’s Word is the preacher’s power.
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I am thankful for
@pastorclint
He’s been a friend to me and so many other pastors, He will serve and lead us well as our new SBC President. Praise God for you, Clint! Count on my prayers in the coming year.
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Preaching advice from Michele Rummage (who has heard every sermon I have ever preached):
“Brevity is your friend.”
Boom.
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Once we laugh at sin, we may never take it seriously again. Be careful what you make jokes or laugh about.
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Each week, God is bringing new people to our church and blessing in countless ways. I’m so encouraged.
To my pastor friends: Don’t get tangled in Satan’s web of negativity.
Keep preaching the Word. Keep loving people. Keep praying. Keep being faithful. God is using you.
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At
@SEBTS
in the early 90s, I attended chapel services where a prof cited the Gospel of Thomas as the best version of the Parable of the Vineyard Owner. My theology prof said Buddhists could unknowingly possess saving faith. They were embracing error. Thank God, it changed!
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Tozer on preaching: “I pray that I may be able to preach with such power that my people will sweat! I don’t want them to leave my services feeling good. The last thing I want to do is to give them some kind of religious tranquilizer—and let them go to hell in their relaxation.”
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