When people ask what my work is, I respond by saying, “I provide ministers with sermon ideas.”
“Do you preach anymore yourself?” they often want to know, remembering the work I did for many years on radio and television.
“I do some,” I reply, “but at this time in my life I really enjoy this new calling.”
If they are interested, I explain that I am a recovering workaholic. For many years I did six 15-minute radio shows each week that aired on about 500 stations, plus five half-hour syndicated television productions. That was enough exposure for a couple of lifetimes. Now in my middle 70s, and still enjoying good health, I delight in sharing sermon and service ideas with my peers.
Instead of me preaching a given sermon in one place, now 10, 100, 1000 ministers can use my initial creativity, add their own touches and the sermon concept is heard in numerous settings.
Revival is a topic I used to preach about a lot. I guess I still do. A decade back, Zondervan asked me to put together a one-year Revival Bible, which was a project that took about two years of “spare time” to finish. I really liked the completed piece, but by that time the market was glutted with study-Bibles of all kinds. After a small initial run, the Revival Bible was dropped and the rights reverted to me. I have since put the guts of that material on our Sermon-Coach.com website under the “Revival Corner” tab.
If I were a preacher interested at all in the topic of revival, I would see these articles as a gold-mine of preaching material. Each of the 52 studies is built around a given text with six subtexts for further study. A number of excellent application ideas are included with each article.
Best of all, I have made them free to anyone who shares my passion for another great spiritual awakening.
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Sunday’s coming. Do you have your sermon ready? Is it relevant? Will it effectively motivate your congregation to walk more in step with the Master? What about that Sermon Series you’ve been thinking about?
Or, if you’re someone who plans well ahead, have you asked yourself what you will preach for your Easter Sermon, your Advent Sermon, your Christmas Sermon?
David Mains and Mainstay Ministries can help. We offer a wide variety of Sermon Starters and Full Sermons that will give you Sermon Ideas to help you prepare for regular Saturday or Sunday sermons, Mid-week Bible Sermons, and Sermons for special occasions.
We also offer assistance as you create Topical Sermons, Sermons Series, and sermons for special times of the year. We have resources available to help you with Advent Celebrations, Advent Sermons, Christmas Sermons, Easter Sunday Sermons, Patriotic Sermons, and more.
For more information on how to create better Bible Sermons and how to turn Sermon Ideas into Sermon Outlines, and then into effective, meaningful Sunday Sermons, please click here to visit David Mains’ website.
You will also find a variety of resources for pastors and congregations at the Mainstay Ministries website. Just click here.
