11 Wedding Mistakes Pastors Make
We’ve all seen the funny home videos of weddings gone wrong. The groom feints, the best man loses the rings, the bride trips down the aisle, or somebody knocks over a candle, lighting the church on fire. There are a…
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How to Perform a Wedding: the Complete Guide
“Will you perform our wedding?” Few questions bring a greater sense of honor and anxiety wrapped into one. As a pastor for ten years, I’ve performed my share of weddings, and I still get a bit nervous. So if you’ve…
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Introducing the Wedding Sermon Bundle
When I first became a pastor, I knew that performing weddings was part of the job. But nobody ever taught me how to do it in Bible college. You’d think that would be a requirement. So when a young couple…
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Set Your Priorities or Someone Else Will (Sermon Illustration)
Most of us know what our priorities should be. If we were to take a test about it, most of us would pass. But the real test is what we do under the pressure of our daily lives. When we…
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7 Simple Ways To Strengthen Your Marriage
Every marriage erodes without work. Think about it. When you first met your future husband or wife, you were hyper alert. Your heart beat faster. Your brain analyzed everything. You thought about your looks, your words, your actions, and how…
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7 Reasons Jesus Might Be Fired From Your Church
Some pastors get fired for a good reason. They had a moral failing and no longer lived up to the requirements of 1 Tim 3:1-7. But I’ve known a lot of faithful men and women working in churches who were let…
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Two Famous Pastors Named John With Two Very Different Marriages (Sermon Illustration)
Both Jonathan Edwards and John Wesley left a huge impact on the landscape of Christian history. But only one of them had a positive impact on their marriage. Steve Farrar explains it like this: Jonathan Edwards had a marriage made…
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True Story of A Failed Affair (Sermon Illustration)
Marriage is hard and affairs come easy. Today, an affair is just a mouse click away. But the reality of an affair is always worse than temptation’s promise. True story: He called himself “Prince of Joy.” In an Internet chat…
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Compliments Change a Marriage (Sermon Illustrations)
Compliments are powerful. A few words of encouragement can go a long way in building others up. Likewise, negative words tear people down. This is especially true in marriage. Several years ago, I was sitting in my office with my…
