Pastor Raleigh Jones discusses the origin and the continued work and progress of the Black Preaching Network.

the Black Preaching Network is a social networking site that allows preachers to meet, greet, and interact on the internet. The site now has over 10,000 members and is growing daily.

You can join now for fee, and I would encourage all preachers to take advantage of this marvelous resource. Add your name to the list of preachers using this service at this link

I had a discussion with him a few months ago that you can find below.

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The power of life and death is in the tongue. Listen to Pastor Cox discuss Zachary Mill's book on the importance of words for all Christians including preachers.

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The Author Discusses the Book Below

My experience as a Christian preacher has convinced me that there is extraordinary power in the voice. Indeed, the voice has the power of both life and death. When used with care, the voice can birth wonderful blessings into the world. When used carelessly, the voice can destroy blessings.

My book, The Wellspring of LIFE, is my reflection of the life-changing power of the voice as I have experienced it as a journalist, preacher and divinity school student. I have included both personal testimonies and the stories of friends and strangers to help me show that the voice truly does have the power of life (and death). I have also used my training as a journalist and homiletician (one who studies and teaches preaching) to produce fictional stories and portions of actual sermons that help testify to the power of the voice. Thus, in this book I intend to offer the reader an opportunity for a more devotional experience with God. Said another way, I intend to give readers an opportunity to enter into conversation with God about what God might be saying about the power of the voice.

The intent of this book is not to promise you instant success, wealth, fame, or social or political power. I do not want to suggest that experiencing “peace” or “joy” or “happiness” means accumulating money, houses, cars or other material things. The purpose of this book is to inspire you to begin using the Bible (as well as your personal life experience) as a tool to critically examine the power of your voice and to teach you to evaluate how you are using your voice. I do not claim to have all the answers. I am merely a cracked, clay vessel who tried to say something in this book that would either help you or encourage you to think about life differently and anew.

It is my hope that a critical examination of the voice’s power, and an honest evaluation of how we’re wielding this power, will help us discover how we might be preventing good things in our own lives and in the lives of others because of negative speech or thought patterns. Once we learn how we might be abusing the power of our voices we can begin to practically apply the principles we’ve discovered in the Bible, and in our personal lives, to our daily speech and thought patterns so that we can use our voices as God intends for us to use them—in ways that impart life—and not death—into the world.

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Which of these two preachers are you? Are you the one who continues to get better or the slothful one? Listen to this Audio where Sherman Haywood Cox II discusses this subject.

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Are you Preaching an old west mythology or are you preaching in the real world? Listen to this Audio where Sherman Haywood Cox II discusses this important question.

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How do you find the perfect sermon illustration? Pastor Sherman Haywood Cox II answers this question in this short audio presentation.

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The easy sermon resolution. Do your sermons take seriously the reality of pain? Sherman Haywood Cox II talks about this in this audio post.

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Preaching without notes is not a brain dump. What are four principles that we should keep in mind when we preach without notes.

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What are the sermons that are preached in the Black church? In this audio we discuss three of the types of sermons that are operative in the Black church.

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What are five things you need in a sermon? Poor sermons break one of these important components of sermon construction and presentation.

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I was listening to a preacher who tried to use a "whoop" to hide his lack of preparation. In this audio I give a few principles for whooping with integrity. If a preacher follows these principles he or she will be on the way to not just whoop, but whoop with integrity.

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