Editor’s note: As preachers develop their signature method of sermon preparation over the years, they often enhance their process by “cherry picking” from the sermon prep schedules and checklists of ...

Several years ago as a staff pastor, I developed the following process for writing my sermons in three stages, requiring a total of 15 hours. I’m a church planter now, so this has become the ideal, ...

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In my experience, I have found that all of life is preparation, preparation for what is “coming down the road” in our journey of life and faith. In the church year, there are seasons of preparation — ...

A local pastor typed the Bible chapter of Philippians 2 into his computer and several topics popped onto the screen — humility, unity, servanthood. The historic Lewis and Clark expedition, ant ...

"I'd like to come observe your sermon-writing process one day." Still draped in his choir robe, the parishioner expressed his wish while in the hand-shaking line after worship. I was surprised, then I ...

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Ever since the Reformation put new emphasis upon the authority of Scripture, the pulpit has been the pride of Protestantism. Nowhere has this pride been more evident than in the U.S., where ...