Email is a part of life. It is no longer new technology. Chances are you received dozens (if not more) everyday. Consider these email statistics: Statistics, extrapolations and counting by Radicati Group from April 2010 estimate the number of emails sent per day (in 2010) to be around 294 billion.294 billion messages per day means [...]
Continue reading...25 January 2011
I recently ran across this video when someone in my network put it on twitter. I have to admit it is one of the most fascinating 4 minute video’s I’ve seen. Here is a great question for you to consider – would this be an effective preaching / delivery method? I’d love to hear your [...]
Continue reading...13 June 2010
Smith interviews Dr. Tony Evans on his commitment to expository preaching. He discusses his personal mindset in both study and in delivery of sermons as well as why expositional preaching is so needed in the church today. This is 2 minutes of pure gold. Enjoy the video!
Continue reading...1 May 2010
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] If we’re preaching the Most Important Message Of All, then it’s a tragic irony if the preacher is the biggest distraction from it’s contents. In this episode, Smith & Southerland discuss the 5 big (very common) distractions preachers commit when delivering a message. Episode 9 Download Will you [...]
Continue reading...11 November 2009
posted by Scott Newton Smith You’ll rarely hear me preach a sermon aimed at the entire congregation. I know that may be confusing so here’s what I mean… I mean sermons that might be titled “3 Signs of A Healthy Church” or “The Main Job of The Local Church.” I’ve learned over time that when [...]
Continue reading...9 September 2009
by Joel Southerland John Maxwell is set to release a new book entitled Everyone Communicates, Few Connect very soon. I was able to read an excerpt from the book before its release. The opening paragraph of chapter 1 says it all: “According to experts, people are bombarded with 35,000 messages a day. Everywhere we go, [...]
Continue reading...24 August 2009
[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 [...]
Continue reading...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!) [...]
Continue reading...3 December 2008
Posted by Joel Southerland We’ve been preaching that you need a predictable melody in your sermons in parts 1 and 2. But there are also times you really need to break it. I’m a child of the 80′s – when Ronald Reagan and Rock ‘N Roll were king! I have repented since, but I grew [...]
Continue reading...12 November 2008
Posted by Scott Newton Smith The showdown. The “early service.” You know… the get-it-over-with crowd. They sat there, droopy eyed and lifeless. They had barely survived the song service. The music guy, bless his heart, had done the best he could. Just before I went up, he glanced at me as if to say, We’re [...]
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27 March 2011
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