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Top 10 Reasons Your Worship Service Ends At 2:30PM-
Top 10 Reasons Your Worship Service Ends At 2:30PM
November 21, 2011 - 10:58 am | 24 Comments

Thought we might have a little fun with this one. So here is my David
Letterman impression:
10) The Spirit moved in a mighty way and the people were energized to
do God's work during ...
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Feature Articles ť
* Solid Food Sermons Or Soda Pop And Candy?-
Solid Food Sermons Or Soda Pop And Candy?
April 29, 2011 - 9:43 | 5 Comments
* Black Preaching Myths - Black Preaching And Style-
Black Preaching Myths - Black Preaching And Style
July 15, 2010 - 11:08 | 4 Comments
* You Need Training - A Basic Program-
You Need Training - A Basic Program
December 3, 2009 - 12:37 | 2 Comments
* How One Sermon Was Remembered-
How One Sermon Was Remembered
October 28, 2009 - 21:33 | One Comment
* Stories in Sermons Don't Always Work-
Stories in Sermons Don't Always Work
October 25, 2009 - 17:10 | One Comment
* The Three Intertwining Stories to Exegete for Effective
Sermons-
The Three Intertwining Stories to Exegete for Effective Sermons
October 10, 2009 - 8:50 | No Comment
* The Irrelevant Celebration-
The Irrelevant Celebration
September 8, 2009 - 17:30 | 4 Comments
* Preaching Doctrine or Unique Denominational Teachings-
Preaching Doctrine or Unique Denominational Teachings
August 28, 2009 - 17:36 | 4 Comments
* Exegeting a Text of Scripture - The Four Waves-
Exegeting a Text of Scripture - The Four Waves
May 14, 2009 - 17:23 | One Comment
* Preaching in the Black Tradition-
Preaching in the Black Tradition
May 13, 2009 - 21:27 | No Comment

Preaching Methods

Black Preaching Style

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Exegesis

Basic Preaching

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I Am Brother Cox - Status Worship In The Church
November 18, 2011 - 10:52 am | 21 Comments

A pastor was beginning a new initiative in a church. The church was to
be split up into geographic regions and the associate ministers were to
be the "spiritual leader" of each of these regions. The lay people were
to go to the senior pastor only after having counseled with the
regional associate. The program was created to attempt to aid the
senior pastor in addressing the counseling needs of the congregation.

At any rate, the senior pastor called forward the proposed regional
associates. He then called an elderly retired minister to give a charge
to the associates as well as encourage the congregation to make use of
the associates.

After a few minutes of charge to the regional associates, the retired
minister turned to the congregation and said, "Even though today they
ain't nothing but associates, who knows, one day they may get a church
of their own. So treat them with respect!"

happy african family- Certainly the retired pastor didn't mean
any harm. He was attempting to get the people to treat these associates
respectfully. But, the terminology he used demonstrated the spiritual
caste system that we have set up in the church. We should treat them
with respect because one day they may be senior pastors? What?!

You know what I am talking about. You know the mindset. The Bishop is
spiritually higher than the Pastor. The Senior Pastor is higher than
the Elder (In those churches that where an elder is an ordained
minister) who is higher than the Paid Associate. And the Paid Associate
is higher than the unpaid associate (who is simply a reverend). And The
unpaid associate is higher than the minister (who is training to be
ordained). And the "Minister" is higher than the lay people.

And we don't even have to get into ranking pastors based on church size
or number of outside speaking engagements. Etc...

You may use slightly different terminology in your church, but I would
bet you have these things set up as well. This caste system means that
those higher than you have a closer walk with God. They know the Bible
better than you. If they tell you something that is obviously
incorrect, you are to go along with it because they are higher up the
ladder than you are. You don't correct someone higher than you, only
their peers can do that.

The higher up the ladder the better they are treated. The better cars.
The less access. The more money. Instead of the priesthood of all
believers with some having the spiritual charge of church leadership.
We have just a few priests. We turn church into simply viewing the
"ministry" of a few spiritual superstars. Evangelism becomes viewing
superstar "bishops" while those lower on the wrung cannot compete.

We have got to get past this elitism and "I am better than you"
mindset. Ministry is about service not about status. When it becomes
about status..then we lose something and we hurt our people and
ourselves...

I do recognize that there is a time and place for all titles. I also
recognize that titles in and of themselves are not wrong. I try to use
the generic title "pastor" with all of the preachers unless you correct
me. I don't mean to offend you. On my end, you have called me Reverend
Cox, Elder Cox, Pastor Cox, Bishop Cox, Preacher Cox. I even had
someone call me Father (I am not a priest), lol. But some of you have
even called me Brother Cox, I not only don't take offense to that
title, I love it! In the words of the song, "I'm so glad to be a part
of the Family of God."
Something to Say or Say Anything
October 22, 2011 - 6:38 am | 5 Comments
Something to Say or Say Anything-

Lowell Erdahl, in the book Best Advice for Preaching, quotes someone
who said: "There are two kinds of preachers-those who have to say
something and those who have something to say!" A preacher gains ...
Overcoming Nervousness in the Pulpit
October 19, 2011 - 6:04 am | 11 Comments
Overcoming Nervousness in the Pulpit-

I asked our readers what was the most important question that they face
in their pulpit work. The question asked most was "how do I overcome
nervousness." This was an interesting question. ...
Prostitution of the Black Preaching Tradition - Style but no Substance
October 11, 2011 - 11:30 pm | 5 Comments
Prostitution of the Black Preaching Tradition - Style but no
Substance-

The Black Preaching Tradition is a great gift to the larger Christian
world. Many acknoweldge the vibrancy and the power of great Black
Preaching. I also marvel at the improvisational genious of the great
preachers in that tradition. While we accept this great gift of the
African American church, we also must acknowledge that there are some
who are today abusing this gift by taking it and preaching a Gospel
that does not take into account the full counsel of God.
Naming Your Sermon
September 16, 2011 - 12:30 am | No Comment
Naming Your Sermon-

Among our most popular posts are the ones on Sermon Titles. There is
just not that much information in book form or on the web on the issue.
However, one might be able ...
Preaching A "But If Not Faith"
September 12, 2011 - 10:08 am | 15 Comments
Preaching A "But If Not Faith"-

A while ago I wrote a popular article entitled The Easy Sermon
Resolution. In it I talked about the tendency of many of us preachers
to "jump to the gravy" of the sermon without fully ...
Running From The Ministry But Still Preaching
September 2, 2011 - 10:42 am | 9 Comments
Running From The Ministry But Still Preaching-

Folks will sometimes say that a young man or woman who obviously has
gifts in ministry is running from the ministry when she or he does not
want any part of the ministry.
God has called ...
Preaching Matters
August 29, 2011 - 9:20 am | One Comment
Preaching Matters-

A while ago someone came up to me and said that they remembered a
sermon that was preached about 7 or 8 years ago. They said that the
sermon inspired them to go ahead ...
Significant Preaching Without A Belt
August 2, 2011 - 12:17 pm | No Comment
Significant Preaching Without A Belt-

I wanted to answer a question related to our very well received article
entitled "Preach Something Significant." Many readers saw this as a
needed corrective to a lot of the preaching that we see ...
How Does Congregational Response Affect Sermon Evaluation?
July 22, 2011 - 6:55 am | 14 Comments
How Does Congregational Response Affect Sermon Evaluation?-

How does congregational response affect sermon evaluation when
preachers are called of God to speak a word "in season and out of
season" to the people of God? (2 Timothy 4:2) This kind of ...
Stop The Madness In Our Preaching
July 20, 2011 - 8:09 am | 6 Comments
Stop The Madness In Our Preaching-

"God's got a blessing for you."
Well, yeah, but what is the blessing? And are their any ethical
implications of that blessing? And furthermore is that all you gonna
preach every week?
"God is ...

Podcast ť

Audio 46 - Navigating the Three Stories For Powerful Preaching

Audio 46 - Navigating the Three Stories For Powerful Preaching-

How can preachers navigate the three intertwining stories we must
exegete if we are to preach powerful sermons. Elder Cox addresses this
issue in this audio.

Download the audio at this link.
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Preaching Methods ť

Why Have A Sermonic Appeal?

Why Have A Sermonic Appeal?-
This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series The Sermon Appeal

I am going to start a series of posts today on the subject of the
sermon appeal. The sermon appeal is a time in the sermon where the
preacher asks the congregation to change ...
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Sermons ť

Need a Sermon? - Seeing God's Healing Outline

Need a Sermon? - Seeing God's Healing Outline-

The sermon should begin by telling the story of the man who brought his
son to be healed by Jesus. The story should be told completely and in a
way that people can feel, see, and touch the story. I would say that
you tell the story from the centurion stopping Jesus up until Jesus
told him that his servant shall be healed. Then give the three points.
After that pick the story back up on the way home for the celebration.
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Whooping ť

Two Things Not To Do In The Sermon Close

Two Things Not To Do In The Sermon Close-

A while back, Peter Mead at the Biblical Preaching blog did a series on
preaching that he called "finishing weak." That was a good idea that I
wanted to "riff" on. A lot ...
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Web Seminar - Options For Preaching Without Notes

Web Seminar - Options For Preaching Without Notes-

Learn the various options for those who wish to preach without notes.
This is a webseminar that I presented earlier this year.

Many SoulPreaching.Com readers have asked that this replay be
presented. So here ...
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