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Sermonators Episode 8 | The Ultimate Virtual Filing System For Sermon Resources (And Your Entire Office)
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] In this episode, Smith and Southerland interview Pastor Brad Whitt about his amazing filing system that allows him to categorize and file everything: illustrations, old sermons, digital audio files, books and even old preaching tapes. And he can retrieve any of it by simply typing in a keyword or [...]
Continue reading...The Sermonators Ep 7 | 5 Ways To Instantly Connect With Your Congregation
6 April 2009
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Press play button or download. A big challenge for the preacher is to quickly connect with the congregation early in the sermon. In this episode, Smith and Southerland five proven ideas to instantly connect with your audience of sermon listeners. (Don’t miss the special announcement at the end!) Action Step: Pick one of [...]
Continue reading...The Sermonators Ep 6 – 3 Ways to Control What’s Controlling You (Managing Inputs)
20 January 2009
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Press Play or Download mp3 In this episode we discuss an important principle of time management for busy pastors. How many “inputs” do you have? Are you controlling them or are they controlling you? Smith and Southerland give three keys ways to manage what tends to overwhelm us and sap [...]
Continue reading...The Sermonators Ep 5 – Is Expository Preaching the Only Way to Go?
18 September 2008
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 Is expository preaching the only way to go? What about topical preaching and textual preaching? In this episode, we share pretty strong opinions on this but we feel we have Scriptural backing on the issue. We also spend some time clarifying what expository preaching really is. Expository preaching as defined [...]
Continue reading...The Sermonators Ep 4 – Three Ideas For Maximizing A Personal Assistant (also McDonalds vs. Starbucks)
6 June 2008
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 or press the play button above to stream audio. In this episode of The Sermonators, we discuss 3 key ideas for maximizing a personal assistant to streamline your workload and gain time in your week. Unless you already have these three ideas fully implemented, you could gain [...]
Continue reading...The Sermonators Ep 3 – The Holy Spirit and Preaching: My Work or His?
1 May 2008
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 or click the play button above to stream audio. In this episode of The Sermonators, we discuss the role of the Holy Spirit in the pastor’s personal life, his sermon preparation and delivery. Is effective preaching based on skill and technique or supernatural power from above? Are The Sermonators unspiritual [...]
Continue reading...The Sermonators Ep 2 – Five Tips To Bulletproof Your Study Time
24 March 2008
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 or click the play button above to stream audio. In this episode of The Sermonators, we discuss five tips to bulletproof your study time each week. Making sure that you block uninterrupted time to do your sermon preparation each week is crucial for effective preaching. We promised the [...]
Continue reading...The Sermonators Ep 1 – The Starting Point for Powerful Illustrations
23 February 2008
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 or click the play arrow above to stream audio In this episode, Smith and Southerland walk backward to the beginning point for creating powerful, high-impact illustrations. We give 2 audio examples of our own attempts from live sermons. An illustration (as used in a sermon) is "a concrete analogy [...]
Continue reading...The Sermonators Episode 0 – The “Who and Why” of The Sermonators
19 February 2008
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the mp3 or click the play button above to stream. This is our pre-launch episode to introduce the format of The Sermonators Internet Radio Show (a.k.a. podcast) as well as introducing the hosts, Smith and Southerland, (a.k.a. Scott and Joel). You can read about the guys on the Smith&Southerland [...]
Continue reading...A podcast is on the way
14 November 2007
Please check back often or better yet, subscribe so that you will be notified when we get our Sermonators Podcast up and running. It’s going to be chocked full of tips and techniques… and enough humor to make your day. Don’t miss it! And by all means, spread the word about this preaching site for preachers [...]
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- Mike Richardson: Wow! Did my wife or secretary call you?...
- Rob Guenther: I use Google Calendars (which is the dirt cheap man's day planner since it's FREE). I put everything in there and set it to send me an email reminder....
- Rob Guenther: I remember my sem profs giving us the great advice, "Preach the text to yourself first." Not only does this help me to keep the law very specific (rif...
- Chad Miller: Good stuff, brother. When it's addressed to a group, everybody can "amen" because you're talking about "that guy over there". When it's personal, we'r...
- Al Reynosa: Great concept. I'm always looking for ways for folks to have ownership. It works; a few months ago my message was titled YOU. Then they would fill ...
- Sean: Scott, Very good stuff. Basically it's like when I'm writing I have to write as if I'm writing to one person even though it's going out to hundred...
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24 August 2009
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