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No Notes, Lots of Notes, Brief Notes
The pros and cons of extemporaneous and manuscript delivery




In the Eye of the Hearer
Visuals that support rather than distract from the Word


The Power of Low-Tech Visuals
Sometimes a marker and easel can outdo PowerPoint.




Building Rapport
How hearers feel about the messenger matters.




Engaging Setups
How to introduce sermon elements in ways that increase their impact




How Long Is the Bridge to Postmoderns: (Part 5)
Take into account three changes in how people now think, and you can get a hearing.




Illustrating from Pop Culture
How to refer to pop culture appropriately




Why Serious Preachers Use Humor (Part 3)
Discernment for light moments with a weighty purpose


Why Serious Preachers Use Humor (Part 4)
Discernment for light moments with a weighty purpose


Laughing on Purpose (Part 1)
When humor helps a message




Laughing on Purpose (Part 2)
When humor helps a message




The Strengths and Seductions of Humor (Part 1)
For humor to have value in a sermon, it must serve the truth.




Humor That Connects
Why humor is a valuable instrument for the preacher's toolbox.




Why Serious Preachers Use Humor (Part 1)
Discernment for light moments with a weighty purpose


Why Serious Preachers Use Humor (Part 2)
Discernment for light moments with a weighty purpose


Creative Doorways into a Psalm and Sermon (Part 1)
It takes imagination, not just analysis, to recreate the impact of a Psalm.




Creative Doorways into a Psalm and Sermon (Part 2)
It takes imagination, not just analysis, to recreate the impact of a Psalm.




Creative Doorways into a Psalm and Sermon (Part 3)
It takes imagination, not just analysis, to recreate the impact of a Psalm.




Weakened by PowerPoint, Strengthened by Connection
An interview with Don Sunukjian




Strengthened by PowerPoint
When It Rocks, and Why




Why I Preach Better from a Manuscript
If your sermons are stronger in the study than in the delivery, experiment with preaching from a manuscript. An interview with pastor and writer David Crabtree.




How to Present a Good Read of the Good Book
There still is tremendous power in a person publicly reading the Bible well.




Eyeball to Eyeball
Five tips for preaching without notes


How Does Unction Function?
Probing the mystery of "the anointing" in a sermon.




Projecting Your Voice
Three sources of a commanding delivery




Moving Sermons
Did this message have rhetorical power?


Preparing the Messenger
A strong delivery results from getting our whole person ready to preach




Preaching with Intensity (part two)
How to communicate so listeners feel your passion.




Source of Passion
Focusing on emotion does not produce truly passionate preaching.


Place of Pathos in Preaching
The critical importance of emotion in preaching




Preaching with Intensity (part one)
How to communicate so listeners feel your passion.




Burning Clean Fuel
Pastor and preaching professor Scott Wenig discusses the healthy, and unhealthy, sources of passion in preaching.




Speaking with Authority
The preacher an audience looks up to.




Sermon Delivery Effects Credibility
Audiences will connect with a preacher who is purposeful in body and voice


Matching Delivery to Content
The two must mesh for your sermons to really shine.




Connect Hearers through Dialogue
A two-way street can be paved with gold.




Both Fact and Feeling
Allowing emotion to buttress truth


The Day I Lost My Nerve
And how I got it back




John Ortberg on Urgency
Real preaching cannot be blasé




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