1. Hook your audience in the first 30 seconds Many sermons start out with announcements, welcomes, historical background on the text and scripture readings. This is fine if you have an attention monopoly and a captive audience. But your online viewers will quickly abandon your message if you don’t immediately... read more
WATCH THE EPISODE: LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: Show Notes: We bumped into our good friend Ben Stapley, making rounds of the conferences, just like us. CFX, SALT and more! We hung out at CFX for a few minutes and talked through the entire Worship Experience and where the best places... read more
WATCH THE EPISODE: LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: Show Notes: Today on the show we’re talking with Dave Shrein. Our host Carl has known Dave for a while – he is a former Communications Pastor and is currently a podcast host and ministry leader and continues to serve those in ministry... read more
WATCH THE EPISODE: LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: Show Notes: Today on the show, we welcome our dear friend Trevor Miller. Trevor writes a lot of our content at 12:30 – our scripts for videos, scripts for custom media work we do for clients and more. Today we’ll be talking with... read more
The arrival of Jesus on the earth was known as the Good News. Since that moment, men and women have spread the message that the God of the universe became a human and sacrificed His life to rescue a broken creation. The truth is, there has never been greater news.... read more
I recently spent the evening with a group of close friends around a bonfire in my backyard. Our time together began early and it ended late. To be honest, none of us noticed the time slip by because we were so engaged with one another in taking turns telling stories... read more
Small group interaction on Sunday lasts all week long A couple weeks ago, the lead pastor of one of the churches we’ve worked with at AltarLive had a hard time with a new concept. He could not wrap his mind around the prospect of people talking among themselves during an... read more
I once watched a youth pastor speak to a crowded room of students during a youth ministry event. The 30 minutes that he was on stage was painful to witness. It was not because his illustrations were bad. It was not because of poor exegesis. It was not because of... read more
