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Interview with Bryant Wright

Bryant Wright is founding pastor of the 7600-member Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Atlanta, and newly-elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention. In this podcast, Michael visits with Bryant about the Great Commission Resurgence, about his new book on the Middle East and about how his own preaching has developed through nearly 30 years as a pastor.

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Below you'll find a library of articles that cover topics like "how to preach", Biblical sermon preparation" and other topics to help you effectively communicate God's Word.

Evernote and Online Archiving: Powerful New Tools for the Pastor

Any pastor finds himself doing these things, observing life, reading as widely as possible and gathering ideas along the way. The challenge is organizing these ideas from various sources so that they can be retrieved later....

By Mike O’Neal

Back Page Pulpit: Forget Me Nots

A recent article in the New York Times Magazine (July 25, 2010) points out the new dilemma posed by the Internet: Some things are impossible to forget. The article recounts the story of Stacy Snyder, a 25-year-old teacher-in-training,...

By Michael Duduit

Biblical Preaching Ultimately Meets 'Felt Needs'

1 Corinthians 1:10

In his book The Passion-Driven Sermon, Jim Shaddix points out, “The Corinthian congregation was a classic, living example of how disunity in the church comes from doctrinal ignorance and spiritual immaturity. In fact, Paul...

Preaching Aims at the Human Will

G. Campbell Morgan once observed, “The preacher should never address a crowd without remembering his ultimate citadel is the citadel of the human will. He may travel along the line of the emotions, but he is after the will....

Homiletical Plagiarism Is Nothing New

Much has been written in recent years about the issue of plagiarism in preaching. So it’s helpful to recognize this is hardly a new issue. About 1330, the Franciscan monk John of Werden offered a compilation of sermons called...

Do Three Things

Dallas Teague Snider, a speaker, radio host and personal coach, offers this advice to her clients:

A Conversation with David Platt: On Preaching and Learning

"I would say I’m learning first and foremost to trust the Word of God to do the work," Platt says. "As I look at what God is doing in my own life, as well as the lives of this church that He’s entrusted to me to lead, it...

By Michael Duduit

A Conversation with David Platt: On 'Secret Church'

Platt tells Preaching about Radical Discipleship and studying the Word in underground churches.

By Michael Duduit

A Conversation with David Platt: On the Radical Experiment

David Platt shares the five components of his Radical Experiment, which aims to "put some handles on tangible ways that we can put obedience to Christ into action in ways that we’re seeing unfold in the gospels."

By Michael Duduit

Church Attendance Inches Up, Gallup Says

Religion News Service reports that a new Gallup Poll found that Americans' self-reported church attendance has increased slightly since 2008. When asked, "How often do you attend church, synagogue or mosque?" 43.1 percent...

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