How to Speak Without Notes – Josh Graves
Josh shares some thoughts on how he prepares sermons to be presented without the use of notes. I found it helpful – No Notes. How do you do it? In a somewhat related note, you can download Patrick Mead’s keynote from Tulsa here.
How Would You Encourage Someone to Preach?
Less and less people are wanting to preach. It has been a problem for years. There are so many reasons for that but that isn’t what I want to tackle in this post. I would like for those of you who preach to comment on this post giving some reasons or examples of how or […]
If You Had One Sermon To Preach
What would it be? I was reminded this week of Paul’s statement in 1 Corinthians 2:1-2 where he wrote, “1 When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with […]
Sermons on Worship and the Water of Life
Just posted two sermons from December. Living Water – A sermon based on Ezekiel 47 where Ezekiel witnesses water flowing out of the temple, down to the Dead Sea. Life grows out of the low places around the Dead Sea as the water nourishes places that had long been dead. Application – we also have […]
Preaching to Pluralists by Chris Altrock
I have been reading an excellent book by Chris Altrock called Preaching to Pluralists. The book starts with a problem – preaching without recognizing the rapidly changing demographic and cultural landscape in America is less effective than it can be. The solution – engage with the post modern culture, learn what they value and how […]
My favorite Preacher Blooper
Classic…
Audio from Campus Ministry United Now Uploaded
Wes has posted the audio from the Campus Ministry United workshop that was held at Harding last week. You can dowload/listen to Jonathan Storment, Josh Ross, Lynn Stringfellow, Kerry Cox, Patrick Mead and others. Good stuff that I can’t wait to hear! Download/Listen here
Dan Edelen Offers An Interesting Take on Getting Back to the Bible
Dan’s post is pretty challenging. He says we should replace sermons for simply reading the text until we read through the whole new Testament one book each week. See what you think…Five steps to transform your church There are a few great things about this process. First, God’s word is heard in all of its […]
Assumptions and Communication
Assumptions are powerful. What we communicate has everything to do with the assumptions we have about what is going on, who people are, and what people need. Assumptions usually grow and develop based on things being the same or constant for a period of time so that we begin to expect things will always be […]
Any John Piper Fans Out There?
I ended up with the John Piper Sermon Manuscript Library (1980-2009) and don’t really need it. It has searchable manuscripts for 1125 of Piper’s sermons and is in the Libronix/Logos digital library system so you can search it, read it, browse it, etc in style. That is over 5000 pages of sermon notes and a […]