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Resource Guide | November 13, 2023 Worship with Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey This service takes place at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. It is a service of the word based on Romans 8:26-30. Video | Worship Service | November 03, 2020 Worship with James Abbington, Joyce Johnson, Lisa Weaver, and friends in Atlanta, Georgia This service takes place in Atlanta, Georgia. It is a service of the word based on Ephesians 6:10-18. Video | Worship Service | November 03, 2020 Worship with the Global Church and Najla Kassab from Beirut, Lebanon This service uses gifts of leaders from around the world and includes a sermon preached from Beirut, Lebanon. It is a service of the word based on Romans 8:18-25. Video | Worship Service | November 03, 2020 Worship with Duke University Chapel in Durham, North Carolina This service takes place at Duke University Chapel in Durham, North Carolina. It is a service of the word based on Romans 8:31-38. Video | Worship Service | November 03, 2020 Worship with Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California This service takes place at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. It is a service of the word based on Romans 8:9-13. Video | Worship Service | October 29, 2020 Worship with Heliopolis Evangelical Church in Cairo, Egypt This service takes place at Heliopolis Evangelical Church in Cairo, Egypt. It is a service of the word based on Romans 8:14-17. Video | Worship Service | October 29, 2020 Worship with Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan This service takes place at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is a service of the word based on Romans 8:1-8. Video | Worship Service | October 27, 2020 Dennis R. Edwards on 1 Peter and Good Shepherd Sunday For lectionary Year A, Good Shepherd Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Easter, includes a reading from 1 Peter. New Testament scholar Dennis R. Edwards explains why Peter’s first letter is especially relevant as people deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Conversation | April 14, 2020 Preachers Need Friends, Too The peer cohort is a place for preachers to strengthen their skills in real time while building intentional friendships. Reflection | February 04, 2020 Final Exams Every Week: Life with a Peer Learning Group Peer learning groups promote faithful endurance and mutual encouragement in the face of what makes the preaching life challenging. Reflection | January 06, 2020 Mandy Smith on The Vulnerable Pastor Christian leaders, especially pastors, sometimes feel bad about the gap between their ideal of Christlike ministry and the reality. Pastor Mandy Smith explains that honestly accepting vulnerabilities and human limitations makes room for God’s strength to be revealed in people and congregations. Conversation | November 05, 2019 Anthony L. Bennett on Engaging Trauma in Sermons Many urban pastors deal with trauma. Some preach without benefit of pay or formal training. This Baptist church gathered its associate ministers monthly to learn about trauma and exegete Scripture to engage people hungry for healing and justice. Conversation | October 30, 2019 From Colleagues to Companions: Unexpected Fruits of a Peer Learning Group What do you get when you put a diverse group of clergy around a table once a month? More beauty than you might expect. Reflection | August 28, 2019 Closing Communion Worship: The Ascension Closing Communion Worship on Acts 1:1-11: The Ascension at the 2018 Worship Symposium. Video | June 19, 2019 The Costly Loss of the OT Prophets 2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop Audio | May 10, 2019 Truth that Awakens Holy Desire 2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop Audio | May 08, 2019 Frank Thomas on the Power of African-American Preaching “How is it that you can take a group of people who are in despair and when you get finished preaching the gospel, they have hope?” This question sent Frank Thomas down a path that led him nearly forty years later to create the first PhD program in African-American preaching. Conversation | April 10, 2019 Five Things I Love about My Preaching Peer Group A young pastor calls his preaching peer group “a funeral and a pep rally in the same ninety minutes.” Find out why. Reflection | February 06, 2019 Amanda Benckhuysen on Preaching from the Minor Prophets Most congregations have never heard a sermon preached from the prophetic books of Nahum or Obadiah. Other than a few choice passages in Jeremiah or Isaiah, the major prophets are mainly ignored too. That means worshipers are missing out on more than a quarter of inspired Scripture. Conversation | December 12, 2018 1 2 3 ... Next »