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Miscellaneous Resources

This section features a mix of resources to assist pastors and elders who have preaching responsibilities.

Media Enhancement - This page features short video clips that have illustrative and narrative value. The idea is that you may be able to use one or more to illustrate a point.

Say It Better With Good Fonts - Here are some tips to help you refine your media usage so people are truly blessed.

Event Speakers - Do you need a speaker for a week of prayer, women's retreat, or other special event? This section features a few speakers that you may want to check out.

Using Technology In Preaching - To use technology without first figuring out what you are trying to do with it is a bit like getting married and then seeing if you enjoy your spouse's company.

Premarital Preparation - We've all had them in our office. A young couple sitting there gazing longingly at each other while announcing to you their intention to get married. The sooner the better! Maybe even Sunday afternoon, week after next.

Green Card to Glory - Foreigners who wish to obtain lawful residency in this country ultimately need something called a "green card." Having one of these gives bearers the official immigration...

A Communion Confession - Keeping the quarterly Communion service fresh and inspiring is a continuing challenge for pastors everywhere. Here's an idea from Pastor Peter Bath that might enrich your next...

How Motivators Work - People everywhere function according to five basic motivators: money, recognition, self-preservation, romance, and achievement. Jesus connected with every one of these, and so must we. But how?

Preaching Christ - Every minister's recurring question is: What shall I preach? If you hope to preach with purpose so as to expand the numbers of your audience while deepening their spirituality, preach Jesus!

Making Sermons Come Alive - The weekly sermon may be the most important part of Sabbath worship. It brings the Word of God to His people. How do we make preaching come alive for our people?

Evaluation Tools - One of the best ways to be stretched in your sermon writing and delivery is to have your listeners tell you how you are doing. Here are some evaluation resources that my help you accomplish this.

Crock-Pot Sermons - No amount of quick-prep resources can substitute for prayer and meditation on what God is saying to you about a text for your congregation--microwave resources shouldn't...

Engaging Children With Your Sermons - have recently visited a number of Protestant churches and have been surprised to find that many have forgone a "Sunday School" time before church and instead have the children in...

Writing Practical Sermons - I was traveling from Walla Walla to southern Oregon. I stopped at the half-way point in Portland to eat in one of my favorite gourmet restaurants, Taco Bell. As I was standing in line...

Sermon Writing: Tappin Into Niagara - Sabbath morning looms for the preacher, it looms every single week. At 11:30 a.m., he or she will stand in the pulpit and deliver God's message. What will come out of the mouth?

Nothing Can Stop Us - There's a colorful story in Mark 2 where a sick man has four generous friends who take him to see Jesus the great healer.

Great Expectations - When it comes to preaching and sermons, regardless of a speaker's topic, style or text, there are some fundamental expectations that listeners have.

The Sermon - This will be the 332nd sermon I've preached in this particular church. And for the 332nd time, I wonder why I'm here.

Using Your Wife As An Illustration - Three pastors in Orlando, Florida found out the hard way that using your wife as an sermon illustration can be dangerous!

Diary of a Preacher - Take a few moments to peer into the busy life of one pastor as he wrestles with how to meet his weekly sermon deadline.

Why Preaching? - While the place and importance of preaching in the life of an Adventist pastor or congregation hardly seems in jeopardy, there may be value and perhaps even need for asking why this is the case.

Word Studies - Bible study is really an exercise in word science. To arrive at an honest evaluation of Scripture we must be willing to lay aside our preferences and prejudices.

Adventist Preaching DVDs - There's a growing number of pastors and churches who have recognized the potential of using Adventist Preaching. The DVD sermon series are designed to provide outstanding sermons...

Preaching With Power - Preaching with Power brings together powerful personal interviews with dynamic preachers and those who influence preaching today.

Sermon Helps - This page features material that may help you in your sermon writing, planning and graphic design activities.

Picture This - This page features various settings taken from Scripture that describe in detail what readers are invited to explore with their hearts and minds.

The Bible's First Ambulance - An invalid in Mark 2 had the good fortune to have four friends willing to lug him in a hospital bed all the way through Capernaum to meet Jesus.

When I Am Anxious About - "Let us make war, not with people or circumstances, but with our own unbelief."

Sermons On Christian Living - The majority of Adventist pastors in the United States report that they often preach sermons on practical Christian living. But, they are somewhat less likely than the clergy of other religions to do so.

The Majority That Matters - A word for those who feel isolated and outnumbered. This is a condensation of a sermon delivered at a local Florida church in the summer of 2004.

The Four Voices of Preaching - Good preaching results from more than having a well-written manuscript or outline. Reid says sermons can be delivered in one of four voices that reach listeners in four distinct modes.

Tell Me a Story - I could stand in my pulpit at Upper Room Fellowship and drone wearily through half an hour of biblical exposition about humility, beginning with the prideful fall of Proverbs 16:18 and yawning my way on from there.

Illustrations

Bible.org Illustrations
Sermonade
Christian Globe
SermonView
Sermon Illustrations
Video Tools
Audio Pronounciation
SpiritRenew (Quotations)

Digital Imagery

ChurchArt
ChurchMedia.com
CrossDaily Graphics
Fotosearch
GoodSalt
Oxygen Multimedia
Pitts Archive
SW Productions
Stock.Xchng

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Study/Research

ATLAS Research

InMinistry

Resources

Preaching.com
Saying the Hard Stuff

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