As you know by now, unless you are completely new to the Sermon-Coach website, I began this site back in 2005 with the intent of providing as much help as I could to pastors who desire to improve the effectiveness of their sermons. Over the past ten years, I have considered it a great privilege to be able to offer many suggestions that I truly believe will help pastors consistently present the messages that God has laid on their hearts in a way that will engage the members of their congregations in a dynamic pathway toward spiritual formation.
I also realize that, from time to time, it is helpful to review some of the basics of what I’ve shared over the years. This week, I want to begin a bit of a review of the “Sermon-Coach Method of Sermon Development” by focusing on the first step in the process: “Choosing a Subject.”
I invite you to click the link on this page that will take you to my Sermon-Coach website. Once there, I invite you to listen to the “Featured Podcast of the Week.” It happens to be Podcast 71.
As you listen, I hope this refresher will help you focus on the importance of choosing a Subject based on the text you have at hand—either from the Lectionary, or from your own personal study, or from a text that God has specifically urged you to preach.
I continue to feel very grateful and am humbled by the many positive comments about my latest book entitled The Sermon Sucking Black Hole—Why You Can’t Remember on Monday What Your Minister Preached on Sunday. This book is now available at Amazon.com by clicking here.
This book gives some solid tips to the people sitting in the congregation to help them remember what you’ve said from the pulpit when they come to worship services in the church where you serve as pastor.
Please click here to visit David Mains’ Sermon-Coach.com website.
You will also find a variety of resources for pastors and congregations at the Mainstay Ministries website. Please click here.
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