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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 Scholars Suggest How to Remember the Reformation Seven scholars, pastors and musicians discuss how Protestants and Catholics can and should together observe the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in 2017. Conversation | June 01, 2016 How the News Shapes Our Prayers and Preaching If our public prayers and preaching are at all responsive to the needs of the world, then how we glean information about the world is crucial. Video | May 02, 2016 Preaching to the Streets: Homiletics for Urban Ministry How can the Bible speak to the hopes and fears of urban people who don’t know anything about the Christian life? Video | April 21, 2016 Preaching to and with Millennials Learn what Pastor Mary Hulst has discovered as a college chaplain and why she thinks the future of the North American church relies on preaching that engages this generation. Audio | April 21, 2016 Wording the Sunday Sermon One of the preacher’s big challenges is finding language for the Sunday sermon that will engage the most of her or his listeners. But what kind of language is that? What are some of its features? Video | April 21, 2016 Sandra Van Opstal on Multicultural Preaching A majority of U.S. Christians born before 1965 are white. However, the fastest growing groups in the U.S. as a whole and in its churches are people of color. Preaching must change to reflect this diversity so that all generations and nations can encounter God through the Word Conversation | April 08, 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 L. Gregory Jones on Traditioned Innovation in Worship Worship conversations change when you choose to see tradition as a lively center from which to innovate. This provides common ground between those who fear change and those who overvalue change. Conversation | March 11, 2016 The Promise and Peril of Preaching for Revival: Lessons from George Whitefield's Life and Ministry Seasons of renewal are God's gift to the church. They are also occasions for controversy and division. Together we reflect on one of history's greatest revival preachers to understand not only how revivals come but what follows in their aftermath. Audio | March 03, 2016 Jennifer Ackerman on Courageous Conversations among Pastors The Micah Groups program brings together pastors from diverse denominational, theological and ethnic contexts, all who desire to become empowered wise preachers. They seek justice, love mercy and walk humbly with God. Over time, they build enough trust to have courageous conversations about worship, preaching and justice. Conversation | February 19, 2016 Karin Maag on Calvin’s Geneva and the 500th Protestant Reformation Anniversary Whether you observe Halloween, All Saints’ Day or Reformation Sunday, you probably know that Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to a church door on October 31, 1517 and that John Calvin promoted the Reformation in Geneva, Switzerland. Here’s why that still matters. Conversation | October 27, 2015 Meg Jenista on The Young Clergy Women Project Face it. There are still far more male pastors than female pastors. That is why young female pastors support each other in The Young Clergy Women Project. Conversation | April 21, 2015 Listening to Your Listeners: A Preaching Preparation Process That Changes…Everything! During this workshop, participants discover how diverse congregations have established and maintained pre-sermon dialogue groups. Audio | March 11, 2015 Preaching to the Elder Brother A guide for preaching to elder brothers. Audio | March 11, 2015 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 How Not To Preach This workshop is a brief field guide on how not to preach and teach the gospel in a secular age. Video | March 05, 2015 The Most Important Word in Preaching Since the inception of the New Homiletic in the 1970s, preachers have been experimenting with inductive and narrative forms of preaching, thanks to the likes of Fred Craddock and Eugene Lowry. The idea is for sermons to engage people, create an experience of the biblical text. Audio | February 20, 2015 Pablo Jiménez on Reenergizing Preaching One way to keep sermons fresh is to ditch the deductive form, in which preachers begin with their main point and then work to prove it. Conversation | January 08, 2015 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 « Previous 3 4 5 6 7 ... Next »