Ministry Hacks from
Brandon Hilgemann
& Dr. Lawrence Powell
Brandon Hilgemann of
ProPreacher.com says:
There are a lot of ways that
people try to preach sermons
that stick. Some work, others
don’t. But the best way is to
learn from Jesus. His sermons
were so memorable that we
still remember them almost
two thousand years later.
Here are just three
examples that we can learn
from Jesus:
1. Be Simple. Jesus
preached in simple and
powerful statements. A
great example is, “Love
your neighbor as yourself”
(Matthew 19:19).
Jesus spoke in simple ways
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How to
Preach
Sermons
That
Stick
to simple people. For the most
part, it doesn’t take a college
degree to understand
Jesus’ teaching. Most of his
concepts can be summarized
in a single sentence.
A simple and memorable
statement will have some
artistic nature to it. They may
rhyme, have alliteration, or be
an interesting play on words.
For example I preached
a sermon where the main
idea was, “What would you
do if you knew God was with
you?”
I emphasized the rhyme of
“do,” “knew,” and “you.”
Another simple point I have
used is: “If you want your kids