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Losing the Center (Part 1)
When personal experience becomes the foundation of your sermon.
How do you build community in a small church?
John Koessler serves as chair of the department of pastoral studies at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois.
Preacher as Advocate
What it means to identify with your hearers
Why the Preacher Is Necessary to Preaching
Sermons are embodied truth—and that truth comes through you.
Why I Return To The Pews
The church has often left me bemused, bored, or mystified, but I can no more abandon it than I can myself.
Getting the Gold from the Text
How to capitalize on the inexhaustible riches of Scripture in your preaching without sounding like a Bible commentary.
Eat, Drink, and Be Hungry
It's emptiness, not fullness, that Jesus blesses.
What is one common mistake that churches make when searching for a new pastor?
John Koessler responds in our Ask the Experts discussion.
Does Being Tech-Savvy Cripple Preachers?
A book review of 'Why Johnny Can't Preach'
Why It's Hard to Imagine that Heaven Is Real
Learning to grasp what 'no eye has seen, no ear heard, and no mind has conceived.'
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