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Audio | April 23, 2018 The Technicolor Jesus: Preaching the Drama of Mark’s Gospel Most preachers know all about Mark’s fast-paced, dramatic writing style. Audio | March 15, 2018 John 21:1–14: Jesus on the Beach This worship service on John 21:1-14 centered around the story of Jesus on the beach. Video | Worship Service | March 14, 2018 The Challenges and Opportunities of Preaching Matthew Each of the four gospels has its own flavor, themes, and overall character and so each requires different things of the preacher. Matthew’s Gospel presents a number of challenges, a few of which are peculiar to the present day when biblical literacy in most places has fallen off. Audio | February 13, 2017 Making the Sermon Work Preachers know that Sundays are relentless—there seems to be one every week. Mary Hulst and Peter Jonker are every-week preachers, too; each of whom has recently written a book to help preachers tackle their daunting task successfully week after week. Video | April 15, 2016 Solid Resources for Lively Preaching Preachers know that unless they receive fresh input from good resources, sooner or later their weekly output in the sermon will get thinner and thinner. But where are the solid resources on which the preacher can rely? What best practices exist to enrich preaching? Video | April 01, 2016 The Most Important Word in Preaching: Story or Exposition? Presentation, dialogue, and discussion on the biblical text by Graves, Hoezee, and Wilson. Audio | March 11, 2015 Show, Don't Tell: Keeping Sermons Vivid Throughout the average week people talk about their lives and their families and their work through stories about whosaid what, how a certain event came about, and what something looked like and felt like when it happened. But too oftenon Sundays preachers present sermons that are short on vivid stories and long on description and the doling out of facts.In this workshop those who preach sermons and those who listen to sermons will explore both why vividness in sermons is vital and some ideas on how to make this happen in sermons as well. Audio | March 04, 2014 Transformational Preaching: Engaging with Exodus and the Old Testament, part 2 Explore the art of building a bridge back to the world of the Bible and then bringing the drama back to our generation Audio | February 27, 2014 Transformational Preaching: Engaging with Exodus and the Old Testament This seminar explores the art of building a bridge back to the world of the Bible and then bringing the drama back to our generation. Audio | February 27, 2014 Day of Learning June 19, 2013 A Day of Learning brings together grant recipients and community members to discuss, share, and worship together as well as to consider how disciplined creativity, theological integrity, and healthy leadership practices work together in the worship renewal process. Article | Audio | June 28, 2013 How We See Things - Psalm 47 Opening worship resources from With a Shout, a day-long conference exploring the meaning of the Ascension culminated in a community worship service at Woodlawn CRC. Worship Service | March 20, 2013 Delight in Creation: When Science and Faith Talk Calvin College and Calvin Seminary have teamed up to bring the voices of scientists into the consciousness of the church. Through “The Ministry Theorem” website and the new book Delight in Creation, Deborah Haarsma and Scott Hoezee have worked to foster fruitful conversations that connect the wonders of what science reveals about God’s creation with the ministries of the church. Audio | February 22, 2013 Preaching in a Visual Age From St . Augustine to Martin Luther and from George Whitfield to Martin Luther King Jr., preaching the gospel has been the very heart of the Christian church’s approach to renewal and engaging society with the claims of God and God’s Kingdom. Audio | February 20, 2013 Symposium 2013 - The Giving of Good Gifts The Giving of Good Gifts, based on Matthew 7: 7-12, was presented at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 2013. This closing worship service included the celebration of communion with Scott Hoezee, Joyce Borger, and Paul De Vries. Video | Worship Service | January 30, 2013 Symposium 2011 - Science, Preaching, and the Church In this workshop Deborah Haarsma gives a case study of Christian responses to the science of origins, including young earth creationism, intelligent design, and theistic evolution. Scott Hoezee discusses how the church can have a broader and more positive engagement with the scientific disciplines in sermons, worship, and the life of the church. Audio | January 28, 2011 The Long Prayer: Offering Prayers in Public Worship Whether pre-written, extemporaneous, or a combination, the prayer offered in worship on Sunday morning is probably the longest single prayer most people hear all week. As pastors and worship leaders, our public prayers reveal much about our habits of mind even as those prayers have a shaping influence on how the congregation prays all week. This workshop looked at the place of prayer in public worship and will offer practical suggestions for offering prayers that are theologically imaginative and pastorally sensitive. Audio | January 01, 2008 In Search of the 'NuHomiletic' What is the homiletical counterpart to the "Emergent" church movement/conversation? In an increasingly postmodern world, how does the church speak a Word from God? The panel explored some of the current experiments in postmodern proclamation as the church makes its way to finding a culturally authentic "NuHomiletic." Audio | January 01, 2007 What Is Excellence in Preaching? What should preachers keep in mind in composing sermons? This session will hold up the rubrics "Biblical, Authentic, Contextual, and Life-Changing" as goals for preachers and as helpful categories for congregations to use in discussing sermons. Audio | January 01, 2007 Providence, Preaching, and Pastoral Care In this session philosopher John Cooper presented key points in the theology and philosophy that undergirds our understanding of God's providential care in a world where terrible things happen all the time. Why do bad things happen to good people? Scott Hoezee connected these thoughts to the pastoral care that preachers can provide from the pulpit. This session aimed to be both rigorously thoughtful and pastorally practical for the life of the church. Audio | January 01, 2007 « Previous 1 2 3 Next »