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  • Putting in the Hard Work to Preach Clear and Focused Sermons

    Putting in the Hard Work to Preach Clear and Focused Sermons

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    *first published on solaecclesia.com Introduction I recently had the privilege to observe a couple dozen sermons in a preaching class. I was encouraged by their faithfulness to God’s Word, but as I listened, I began to realize that my feedback was the same for each preacher. They needed to focus their sermon on one main…

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  • Don’t Ruin Good Content: Proficient Pulpit Rhetoric 

    Don’t Ruin Good Content: Proficient Pulpit Rhetoric 

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    *Published on solaecclesia.com Dec. 2023 Introduction Brian Connolly, writing nearly sixty years ago from Dublin said, “It is a staggering thought that the love of God who longs to give Himself to people can be hindered because we may fail as communicators.”[1] In context, Connolly was not making a soteriological claim about God’s dependency on the quality…

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  • What is Coaching?

    What is Coaching?

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    There are three primary uses of the word coach. First, coaching is used synonymously with consulting. Second, coaching is used in what is called “pure” coaching. Pure coaching is the coaching that is referred to by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). The third use is some combination of consulting and coaching, called content coaching.  Coaching…

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