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Small Preaching: 25 Little Things You Can Do Now to Become a Better Preacher is unavailable, but you can change that!

Is bigger always better? It’s not often that we hear the virtues of the small. Our culture teaches that bigger is better—and that includes church ministry and preaching, too. But what if rather than swinging for the fences, preachers focused on improving their sermons through small habits, practices, and exercises? What if smaller is better? In a world where “small” isn’t always celebrated,...

If you’re going into the role of preaching expecting unending gift baskets and ticker-tape parades from grateful congregants telling you how much better you are than their last pastor—well, I’m not sure what to say except that maybe a career in metallurgy or something else far away from pastoring might be a better bet for you. I imagine few preachers really expect perpetual praise. Nonetheless, when criticism comes—especially from unexpected people and at
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