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Sometimes pastors just need to chill out and laugh at some of their sermon mistakes. Here is a list of 10 preaching bloopers that I'm sure you and I have never done.

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I struggle with preaching. Like any challenge in ministry, some good coaching can help. This coaching can be self-coaching. Better yet, ask someone who knows preachers and preaching to coach you if this is a challenge for you. Since effective coaching involves asking good coaching questions, here are some to ask yourself or someone you are coaching.

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Anyone who is in a pastoral or biblical teaching ministry may experience a sinking feeling after the presentation has been made. It's that helpless feeling that comes when you think you could have done much better and you wonder if you "lost" your audience somewhere between the introduction and the conclusion. I had one of those experiences yesterday. Now, 24 hours out, I am reminded of what really happened. Let me share a few thoughts about this with you as a way to encourage you in your ministry.

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In over 40 years of ministry I have preached on and heard other preachers speak on and teach from Ephesians 4:11-12. Here's the text: "And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ°" (ESV). When the lightbulb came on today, it dawned on me that I have focused on the equipping without ever reading, studying about or preaching on how to equip. I have been missing something and I believe most churches and ministries are missing something very important in this responsibility of church leaders. Read on to find out more.