One of the books I had to read for Preaching classes this semester was Dr. Bryan Chapell’s book Christ-Centered Preaching. Dr. Chapell as you know is president of Covenant Seminary in St. Louis.

Anyway, I was delighted to receive word that his Preaching class is available for FREE MP3 download at Biblical Training.

See also: Dr. Darrell Bock’s seminar on the Da Vinci Code. I also read Dr. Bock’s book Breaking the Da Vinci Code for a seminar I attended at Midwestern on the same subject.

No church web site is complete without a section detailing what it takes to become a Christian. If your site lacks a clear, Gospel presentation, you’ve missed the boat!

You may decide to write your own Gospel presentation, but there are many free resources available from Bible-believing, Jesus-loving organizations, like Campus Crusade for Christ and the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board, that you can link to from your site. Read More→

National’s Mark Batterson is one of the best I’ve seen or heard of in the area of “sermon branding.”

Check out his Chasing the Lions themed site where he provides downloadable videos and graphics — all of which is based on his recent book.
See also: How to Brand your Next Sermon Series

Tim Wall, director of product marketing for Element Fusion, is our next Q&A responder for the Building Rockin’ Church Websites series.

Element is my Oklahoma City neighbor and I’ve long admired their work. In fact, a couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend a Web 2.0 conference they did for their clients. A couple of days afterward, Tim and I had the opportunity to sit down for lunch. He’s a former church communication director too!
Here’s Tim’s answers: Read More→

One of the popular, in-demand topics I’m hearing about (based on the click-thru stats of my recent email newsletter, which I sent out today) is “sermon branding.”

It seems you, dear readers, are interested in the nuts and bolts of branding your sermon series …

So, I thought I’d throw out some ideas for how to brand your sermon series … here are some steps and thoughts: Read More→