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Connecting is Crucial in Effective Preaching

9 September 2009

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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, everywhere we [...]

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Sermonators Episode 8 | The Ultimate Virtual Filing System For Sermon Resources (And Your Entire Office)

24 August 2009

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[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 [...]

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How To Boost Creativity in Prep by 50% or More

12 November 2008

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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 fallin’ [...]

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