A familiar text may require less exegetical work, but be sure that your listeners are getting fresh preaching because you have prepared your heart as well as your message.

The starting point is always fellowship with the Father. We cannot give what we are not first receiving.

Don't expect God to use you if you are not prepared.

True biblical preaching is not primarily about outlines. It is about heart-to-heart communication.

Prepare and preach a sermon that has a fingerprint as unique as the passage it is based on.

Knowing yourself and knowing your preaching will increasingly help you to anticipate where a sermon may start to drag.

What may stir pride in the preacher? When might we be vulnerable to this great enemy?

Myth 8: Since preaching is not a performance, as long as the content is good, delivery doesn’t matter.

Myth 6: A sermon is just the sum of its parts.

Myth 5: Only well-prepared sermons get blessed.