Rubber, Meet Road

Most preaching answers the question, “Say what?” (What is the Bible saying?) But great preaching answers the questions, “So what?” (Why does this matter to my life?) and “Now what?” (What do I do about this tomorrow?) Why? Because most people are not intrinsically motivated to learn just for the sake of learning. To keep…

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Address Objections

Salespeople are trained to anticipate and be able to overcome objections. If you don’t you won’t get the sale. The same is true in preaching to a cynical audience. Most pastors speak to a agreeable bible-believing audience every week, and so this isn’t a concern. But if you want your church to be filled with…

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Yelp

One Sunday morning a couple weeks ago a guy here in Las Vegas woke up and had a thought that surprised him, “I think I should go to church today.” It had been years since he’d been. He had no connection to any church in Las Vegas. So how does he choose where to go?…

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Vault + Auxano Announcement!

Cool news: Will Mancini and Auxano will be doing a Church Unique workshop on Vision Clarity at Verve on Monday morning, October 15th, from 9:00 a.m. to noon.  The Vault Conference starts on October 15th at 1:00 p.m.  Yes, we’ve strategically put these two events back-to-back so you can attend both! The Auxano workshop is…

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Talk Like You Talk

The first time I had the opportunity to preach in a church I was a Law School Student (long story) with very little public speaking experience and no preaching experience. The day came, I gave my sermon, then asked my girlfriend at the time (whom I happen to be married to now) what she thought.…

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