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Archive | October, 2008

Introducing Sermon Flow

The question I am hearing from my clients these days is  “What’s all the buzz going around about SermonFlow?” If you haven’t already heard, we have some very exciting news about a new product called “SermonFlow”.  It is the latest addition to our Sermon Connect multimedia center.   You might be asking yourself, is this a [...]

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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Communication Continued

4. Study yourself to death, and pray yourself back to life again. At every juncture in sermonic preparation, a “spirit of prayer” should be in the minister’s heart. A preacher who is not praying in the ministry is playing in the ministry. The minister is to be a person of prayer. He does not stop [...]

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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Communication Continued

3. Creativity is like giving birth to barbwire, but someone has to do it. Imagination is the “bridge” between the ancient past and the contemporary present. There is a vast difference between fantasy and imagination. Warren Wiersbe once described fantasy as “Disney World” and imagination as “Epcot Center.” Disney World causes one to escape the [...]

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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Communication Continued

2. People buy on emotion and justify on fact. The preacher must have a point of contact with the audience. If there is no contact during the sermon, there most likely will be no response to the invitation. The point of contact for Jesus with the woman at the well in Samaria was, “Give me [...]

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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Communication Continued

1. Fill the pulpit, and let God fill the building. While I was attending seminary, the late Dr. James D. Brown used to coach me regarding the power of preaching for any culture. On one occasion, he said, “James, be sure to fill the pulpit, and let God fill the building. You fulfill your role, [...]

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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Communication

While my family and I were enjoying a summer convention in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1997, I experienced and witnessed a communication disaster that will remain as a memory throughout this life and eternity to come. It was during two hours of agony that I committed myself to learning and applying dynamic principles of communication to [...]

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Meet the Staff: Elan Patterson

Throughout the process of getting a website designed, clients encounter various people in the different stages of development. Clients have different interactive media consults, production managers, and account managers. There is one person that every client must work with: Elan Patterson, faithHighway’s Sales Support Assistant. Elan is the one who follows up with clients after [...]

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Church Testimonies: Our website is attracting visitors…

“During the last three weeks, we have seen 17 visitors and have had 5 salvations. All of them, except one couple, came through the website. The reason we know that is because on the visitor card, we have them check a box about how they found out about City Life Community. Our church has been [...]

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