Sermon Development

Preach and Deliver is a practical guide that will teach you the best practices for body language, eye contact, pauses, humor, illustrations, notes, and much more. This book will change the way you deliver a sermon so that you can preach in a powerful way that grips the hearts and minds of your audience. But passive listening alone will not make you a better preacher. That's why at the end of every chapter, I have included an action step to apply what you learned.

Have you ever left the pulpit with a heavy heart, knowing your sermon did not carry the power it should have? Or perhaps you’ve wrestled with the frustration of preaching messages that sound polished but fail to transform lives? You’re not alone—countless preachers face the same struggle: sermons that inform but do not ignite. This book exposes the hidden gap between speaking about God and truly delivering His Word with life-changing authority. In a world drowning in information but starving for revelation, the church does not need more eloquence—it needs messages that pierce hearts...

This best-selling book by Haddon Robinson, considered by many to be the "teacher of preachers", has sold over 300,000 copies and is a contemporary classic in the field. It offers students, pastors, and Bible teachers expert guidance in the development and delivery of expository sermons. This new edition has been updated throughout and includes helpful exercises.

The call to spread and share the gospel of Jesus Christ is a mandate that is upon every single believer who is in Christ Jesus. The only difference among believers is the scope in which this is done. While some are called to share the gospel with individuals others are called to share the same in big meetings such as crusades and conferences. This material is specifically written to help those who called to share the gospel in a congregational set-up so that they may know how to receive the message from the Lord, how to prepare the sermon, how to pray for the meeting and how to present the ...

Whether you speak from the pulpit, podium, or the front of a classroom, you don't need much more than blank stares and faraway looks to tell you you’re not connecting. Take heart before your audience takes leave! You can convey your message in the powerful, life-changing way it deserves to be told. An insightful, entertaining parable that's an excellent guide for any speaker, Communicating for a Change takes a simple approach to delivering effectively.

This practical guide shows the power of multisensory communication as contrasted with monosensory speaking. Using multiple senses is shown by research to increase learner attention, comprehension, and retention. Any preacher or teacher can incorporate more sense appeal resulting in more compelling, clear, and memorable messages with greater impact.

By 1617, Donne had done it all. After being an MP, lawyer, womaniser, soldier, diplomat, father to twelve children by a secret wife, and the greatest poet of his age, he settled into the priesthood. Shortly thereafter, his wife died, prompting him to write a defence of suicide in God's eyes. She was soon followed by his 18 year old daughter died. Then Donne fell gravely ill. Physicians were called, but none could agree on what to do. It seemed certain that he would die.

At a time when the institution of marriage is failing in our culture, Christians are making a renewed commitment to discover the richness of biblical marriages as the foundation of society. In this collection of wedding sermons, Peter Leithart illuminates the subject from many perspectives, forming a loose, down-to-earth "systematic theology of marriage" that connects marriage with the doctrines of creation, salvation, sacraments, church, eschatology, and more.