Transitions can be treated as automatic, but by neglecting them we miss a vital part of sermonic effectiveness.

For some of us, time tends to move past quickly and sometimes erratically. It is helpful to figure out where the time actually goes.

Listeners will listen gripped by well organized and well-presented material.

Be personal in your message, but remember it is out there for all.

For the most part, just decent biblical preaching is the meat and vegetables your church needs to grow healthy and strong. 

There are plenty of reasons why we should preach, but what would you add to this list of rubbish reasons?

While you may use multiple texts, it is not primarily to build the main idea, but rather to reinforce the main idea.

There is a strong connection between what is going on in the preacher and what will go on in the listeners. 

Make sure any flourishes work to support the preaching of the text, not to steal the spotlight away from it.

As preachers, as pastors, or as parents, let’s not usurp the Spirit’s role and try to force things along. 

What our churches need is for people to have their hearts and minds engaged with the Word of God. 

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

Stephen knew that the only listener that ultimately mattered was the one standing to receive him into glory.

Instead of simply provoking a celebratory nod from “the choir” in your church, why not clarify what you mean in your explanation, and what you mean by way of application? 

Always take a look and see what the context of the Biblical text is offering by way of motivation. 

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

When you receive feedback make sure that instead of letting praise go to your head or criticism to your heart, first take it all to the throne. 

Present the object of faith better, don’t just pressure people to have better faith.

I think it would be wise to schedule a break here and there. 

True biblical preaching should always be potentially life-changing, and not at just the superficial level of traditional “to-do list” applications.

Listeners are impacted when the unique message of a passage is planted in their hearts.

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

There is no one-size fits all introduction.

Every passage of the Bible is saying something about something in a unique way.

Spend fifteen or twenty minutes chatting with the guy on the sound desk as you collect your microphone, and a handful of other people you can strike up a conversation with, and you tend to learn a lot about a church.