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How will our means match the ends so that worship is faithful to the Jesus of the cross? Audio | March 23, 2010 Matthew's Sermon on the Mount This study of Matthew 5-7 investigated the main teachings of the whole sermon and their relation to us, the Church, and the world. Audio | March 23, 2010 In Other Words: A Conversation on Preaching Sermons usually say in other words what Scripture says, and do in other words what Scripture does --assure, warn, encourage, inform, inspire--. But they say and do Scripture in a great many ways and they can sound very different from each other depending on the acoustics of time, place, and audience. Audio | March 23, 2010 Preaching the Great Stories of Genesis An absentee father with a son of blistering hate; a frightened man pimping his wife; a penniless mother left to die; a husband beaten down by his wily woman. The stories from Genesis read like last night's news. Audio | March 22, 2010 Preaching to Expose the Principalities and Powers Church leaders and other saints in our congregations frequently find themselves struggling with money, technology, politics, the institutional church, etc. - what the Bible calls "principalities and powers." Audio | January 01, 2009 Getting Past the Fish: The Book of Jonah for Christian Worship The book of Jonah is replete with themes near to the heart of Christian life, worship, and witness. Audio | January 01, 2009 Too Deep for Words? Preaching in the Language of the Spirit This session explored the possibility of discerning the presence of the Holy Spirit in preaching and then discussed some manifestations of the Spirit in sermons, particularly focusing on the expressions of lament and celebration. Audio | January 01, 2009 Good Preaching Takes Good Elders When preachers and churches talk about improving the quality of preaching, many approaches are considered, but one is frequently missing: the participation of elders. This workshop explores both the why and how questions of involving elders in supporting and encouraging preachers in their congregations. Audio | January 01, 2009 Multi-Media Preaching: Body, Voice, Sound, Screen A key part of preaching is having something to say. Another key part is saying it well. Audio | Video | January 01, 2009 When God Speaks Through You Based on his book, When God Speaks Through You, Craig Satterlee explored how "holy and active listening"—listening for God's voice speaking in and through the faith community can occur when church members talk to one another and to their pastors about preaching—and especially the faith convictions they bring to the sermon, which influence both the preaching and what is heard. Audio | January 01, 2009 Finding Stories for Sunday's Sermon Although sermon preparation involves lots of steps-everything from selecting a text to embodying the sermon on Sunday-the search for meaningful illustrative material during the week is often the most frustrating. Audio | January 01, 2008 Imagine: What Has Christ Done for Us? How do Christ's life, death, and resurrection save us? What poetic imagination do we use to grasp his saving work? Audio | January 01, 2008 Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching This workshop audio will help participants begin to explore the possibilities and homiletical impact of engaging in an ongoing, vigorous program of reading for preaching. Audio | January 01, 2008 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 Stories that Preach This workshop discussed how contemporary short stories from writers such as Flannery O'Connor, Doris Betts, and Raymond Carver resonate with New Testament themes and how such stories might help preachers find ways to relate contemporary themes to their listeners. Audio | January 01, 2007 Preaching as a Pastoral Care While preaching is a craft and a skill to be carefully honed and developed, it is also a form of caring. Historically the preacher was called a "shepherd of souls," but cultural shifts have moved us away from this concept. This sectional examines the two-way street that exists in the integration of preaching and pastoral care. Good preaching provides pastoral care. Yet, at the same time good preaching is formed by pastoral care. Both sides of this balance will be examined. Audio | January 01, 2007 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 How to Choose a Bible Commentary There are so many Bible commentaries available in English that it can be hard to know how to choose. A single commentary may cover the whole Bible, one of the testaments, a section of the Bible, a book of the Bible, or just part of a book of the Bible. Feature Story | September 29, 2006 Frederick Dale Bruner: Moving from text to sermon Good preachers study commentators so they can draw on collective wisdom as they prepare sermons. Frederick Dale Bruner's Matthew commentaries set a high standard. A feature story exploring the commentaries of Dale Bruner and moving from a text to a sermon. Feature Story | September 29, 2006 « Previous 1 2 3 Next »