TOP 121 TWEETS from the PREACH BETTER SERMONS Webinar. Learn how some of the world's best speakers prepare and deliver messages.

1. LEARN HOW SOME OFTHE
WORLD’S BEST SPEAKERS
PREPARE AND DELIVER MESSAGES.
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2. Don't preach a message that would still
be true if Christ hadn't died on the cross.
@edstetzer

3. Don't use bad stats to motivate people.
@edstetzer

4. The Bible is always and already relevant,
but preaching helps people realize it's
relevant to their lives. @edstetzer

5. There is a difference in giving advice
and communicating Biblical truth.
@edstetzer

6. Are we preaching from scripture or just
using it as footnotes for our own ideas
and points? @edstetzer

7. Don't exaggerate to motivate.
@edstetzer

8. Be as faithful with the stats you present
and the facts you present when
speaking. @edstetzer

9. 87.4% of statistics said in the pulpit are
made up on the spot and not true.
@edstetzer

10. Maximize your study by minimize your
searching. @edstetzer

11. Preaching is communicating what the
Bible has to say. Otherwise, I'm just giving
advice. @edstetzer

12. Be a good steward of the time you’ve
been given to prepare. @edstetzer

13. To avoid nervousness shift your attention
from being impressive, to being a
blessing. @stevenfurtick

14. I allow a team to ask me questions about
what's on my heart to preach.
@stevenfurtick

15. It's not about "my" art... It's about the
vision! @stevenfurtick

16. I am not inclined to micromanage business
elements but I am tempted to micromanage
the creative process. @stevenfurtick

17. Don't be the lid on how good your
creative team is! @stevenfurtick

18. God's will is about "Who?Why? How?"
not "What?Where?When?"
@stevenfurtick

19. The game is won and lost during
transitions. @stevenfurtick

20. For me, the worship, and sermons are all
one thing. I think over the whole service
and not just my sermon." @stevenfurtick

21. Preaching & your worship service
communicate whatever your values are.
@stevenfurtick

22. It isn't always about the end result, but
about the process. @stevenfurtick

23. A person can preach no better than he
can pray." @stevenfurtick

24. I'd rather try and fail than not even
aspire. @pastormark

25. If your people are a flock, not an
audience, you should want to get better.
@pastormark

26. If you listen to one person too much you
cease to be a voice and become an echo.
@pastormark

27. Don't become your worst critic, find one
or two things you can improve, then move
on. @pastormark

28. It needs to be God's truth in your voice.
Don't be a parrot of someone else's
voice. @pastormark

29. Don't make people feel stupid, make
them feel invited in. @pastormark

30. Preaching is God's truth through my
voice. @pastormark

31. Anyone who says he has arrived definitely
hasn't arrived. @pastormark

32. Almost all of our social ills can be
explained by two words "bad dads"
@pastormark

33. Don't make people feel dumb by using
large, theological words. @pastormark

34. If I go to a steakhouse I'm looking for
steak. If I go to church, I'm looking for
Bible. @pastormark

35. Remember what it's like to be lost and
then found...have a heart for mission.
@pastormark

36. Acknowledge the odd. @andystanley

37. I'm listening to Jesus who predicted his
own death and resurrection and then
pulled it off. @andystanley

38. Give your visitors permission not to
believe. Even the disciples didn't believe
on day one. @andystanley

39. If people only remember our story, rather
than the scripture, we have failed.
@andystanley

40. The foundation of our faith isn't actually
the scriptures, but it's the person of Jesus!
@andystanley

41. Instead of just citing the Bible, cite the
authors. People connect with People not
pages. @andystanley

42. As a preacher I must "uncover the energy
IN the text, so I can bring my energyTO
the text." @andystanley

43. The foundation of our Faith is bothThe
Word &TheWord.You belittle One, you
belittle the Other. @andystanley

44. If we don't bring the same energy to the
text that we do to our illustrations then
we fail as communicators. @andystanley

45. Our goal is to talk about Scripture in a
way that makes people want to go home
& read it & understand. @andystanley

46. Approach is what makes content
interesting. @andystanley

47. Give people room not to believe. Some of
Jesus' followers didn't believe until after
the resurrection. @andystanley

48. "If you don't believe in Adam in Eve, it's
okay." @andystanley

49. When you give them an out, they respond
by leaning in @andystanley

50. Give people the permission to not
believe." @andystanley

51. We have unchurched in our service every
week. So I tell them it's the PERFECT
weekend for you to be here! @andystanley

52. Approach is as important as content in
any conversation or presentation.
@andystanley

53. Every week we address 2 crowds. Church
people and non-church people.
@andystanley

54. Don't ever shoot to be the best preacher,
but to become a better preacher.
@crawfordloritts

55. Preaching is vertical; it’s a word from God
to his people. @crawfordloritts

56. You will never preach better than you
are. @crawfordloritts

57. God is more interested in 'leader'
development than 'leadership'
development.@crawfordloritts

58. The enemy of persuasion is obscurity.
@nancyduarte

59. Storytellers build and release tension.
Identify if this pattern is present in your
communication. @nancyduarte

60. Put your ideas in a contrasting environment.
Identify the gap between 'what is' and 'what
could be.' @nancyduarte

61. Cut, craft, edit it, arrange it, take it away,
move it around. Don’t be a first-draft
speaker. @nancyduarte

62. You play a small role, you're not the main
event. @nancyduarte

63. People should leave your sermons saying
"I got unstuck" @nancyduarte

64. Congregation should have new skills after
every Sunday. @nancyduarte

65. The presenter is not the hero.The
audience is the hero.They determine the
outcome of ur words. @nancyduarte

66. Take time to obsess about the life of your
audience. @nancyduarte

67. The audience determines if you idea lives
or dies. @nancyduarte

68. Most movies that win best picture also
win awards for editing. Same is true for
sermons. @nancyduarte

69. Dont allow success or failure of your
message to be attached to your identity.
@pwilson

70. None of us ever 'arrive' when it comes
to preaching.We must be constantly
learning, constantly growing. @pwilson

71. It's more than entertaining people, we get
to be used by God to transform lives.
@pwilson

72. People are listening.This is responsibility.
@pwilson

73. Find your style; refine & work on it until
you are your best version of you. Don't try
to be somebody else. @louiegiglio

74. Humility is not a character trait, it's a
byproduct of spending time with Jesus.
@louiegiglio

75. Lead people to Jesus. Never lead people
to other people, or preachers, or yourself.
@louiegiglio

76. Humility is a byproduct of being with
Jesus. @louiegiglio

77. Never let the successes or failures in your
message get attached to your identity.
@louiegiglio

78. You need to find your style of
communicating and refine it until you are
the Michelangelo of you. @louiegiglio

79. You are going to preach the best when
you preach like you and not someone
else. @louiegiglio

80. A sermon is a baby growing in me. It
develops over a few months, when it is time
to deliver. It comes quick. @louiegiglio

81. You have to be faithful to the text; that's
non-negotiable. @louiegiglio

82. If you don't have something to say, please
stop preaching. @louiegiglio

83. Tell the people what's blowing up in your
heart; & if nothing's blowing up in your
heart, tell the people. @louiegiglio

84. Don't be boring. Nothing worse than
carrying the story of the Gospel and
being boring. @louiegiglio

85. Preaching is a craft.Work at it.
@louiegiglio

86. I am led best by the Holy Spirit when I
am prepared best. @louiegiglio

87. Some people say 'I want to be led by the
Holy Spirit' but its an excuse to not
prepare. @louiegiglio

88. Don't be boring. I think you should be
put in jail for that. @louiegiglio

89. Preaching is a funnel.A bunch goes in, a
drop comes out.That drop changes people
more than 100 messages. @louiegiglio

90. The daily discipline of sitting down &
writing is a must for communicators.
@donaldmiller

91. Manipulation is how we cover shame, and
shame is how we cover ourselves.
@donaldmiller

92. “You need to show up." Don't expect
inspiration to come when you want it.
@donaldmiller

93. Don't only preach your research without
preaching your experiences.
@donaldmiller

94. Great communicators move people from
here to there. @bradlomenick

95. It's about inspiration, not just information.
@bradlomenick

96. Put people in places where they will be
stretched. @bradlomenick

97. Humor is one of the most powerful things
you can do when you're commuicating.
@daveramsey

98. If an audience doesn't laugh every 7
minutes, you lose them. @daveramsey

99. Build a list of things that are humorous to
use in your talks. @daveramsey

100. For every hour you speak, you have to
prep for 3. @daveramsey

101. The Gospel is a disturbance. If you aren't
disturbing people, you aren't preaching
the Gospel. @daveramsey

102. In communication it's metaphor,
metaphor, metaphor...Jesus told parables.
@markbatterson

103. In order to be a great preacher you must
be a great prayer warrior.
@markbatterson

104. People have sin; it's not a shortcoming, it's
not a mistake… it's sin. @darrinpatrick

106. Would your sermon work if Jesus didn't
rise from the grave? @darrinpatrick

107. AS a communicator you speak for two
reasons:To be remembered and repeated.
@jonacuff

108. You have the island of an idea and a
bridge to the next point. Don't neglect the
bridge. @jonacuff

109. Using props helps relate your message to
the people. @jonacuff

110. It's no longer about when you were born,
it's about when you started to live.
@jonacuff

111. It’s time to punch fear in the face. It’s
time to do work that matters. It’s time
start. @jonacuff

112. For communicators one of the greatest
fears we have is being honest from a
stage. @jonacuff

113. God won't be handcuffed by your
failures, and released by your successes.
@jonacuff

114. Road to Greatness: Learning 20´s, Editing
30´s, Mastering 40´s, Harvesting 50´s,
Guiding 60´s @jonacuff

115. Punch fear in the face! @jonacuff

116. If I hide my weakness, they won't listen to
my strength. @jonacuff

117. Being average is easy, all it takes is
nothing. @jonacuff

118. Ego murders an audience like nothing
else. @jonacuff

119. The greatest way to ruin a speech is to
be the star of your own success story.
@jonacuff

120. As a communicator go first with your
fears & give the audience permission to
go 2nd. @jonacuff

121. God's glory is not limited by the size of
our platform. @jonacuff

122. Affirmation and the desire for celebrity is
the worst drug in speaking, especially in
Christianity. @jonacuff

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