Category Archives: preaching

Acts 29 Houston Quarterly: Preaching

By Yancey Arrington | January 7, 2011

I’m excited to be a part of leading the Acts 29 Houston Quarterly on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 (9AM-2PM). The topic will be the learning, burdens and challenges of preaching today. The sessions are as follows: Crafting Gospel-Centered Sermons Latest Learnings about Message/Series Preparation Current Burdens & Challenges of Preaching In Topic #1 I will [...]

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Watch Yourself – A Note to Preachers

By Yancey Arrington | November 9, 2010

Evaluation isn’t a bad word at my church. Indeed, we do it often. It helps us avoid repeating the same mistakes and raises the level of excellence in future ministry endeavors. One of the areas we evaluate with regularity is preaching. For example, after the first of three services I meet with a handful of [...]

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Two Questions a Preacher Should Ask

By Yancey Arrington | September 9, 2010

John Calvin once wrote, You will see a number of people who labor very hard indeed at reading the holy Scriptures — they do nothing else but turn over the leaves of it, and yet after ten years they have as much knowledge of it as if they had never read a single line. And [...]

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What The Bible Is Really About

By Yancey Arrington | August 23, 2010

I caught this video post today at The Gospel Coalition (originally created by Heath McPherson) and wanted to share it here as well. This is an excerpted message from Tim Keller’s 2007 conference message (which is one of my all-time favorites) put together in video form. While there might be some liberties taken in a [...]

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Four Reasons to Move to a Teaching Team

By Yancey Arrington | July 7, 2010

For quite some time, my church has taken a “team teaching” approach to who stands behind the pulpit at our adult services. For example, in the last three weeks, three different pastors have preached on Sunday. Having multiple teachers isn’t just a summer-thing for CCCC, it’s a philosophy we hold. Let me give you some [...]

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