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.
September 29, 2006
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11 min read
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.
September 29, 2006
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2 min read
Lead Worship Change, not Worship War
Though no one wants a worship war, discussions about worship change are often more divisive than divine. Howard Vanderwell explains how to ask questions that focus on worship principles,
rather than on passions and preferences. A feature story exploring ways to lead worship change, rather than worship wars.
June 23, 2006
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12 min read
Carolyn C. Brown on worship as a true family table
Carolyn C. Brown talks about intergenerational worship. A feature story exploring the inclusion of children in worship.
April 28, 2006
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4 min read
More ideas on engaging children in worship
Some helpful tips that congregations are using to encourage people of all ages to worship together
April 28, 2006
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2 min read
How Congregations Create Worship Visuals
As Catherine Kapikian and other Christian artists have discovered, understanding the visual arts process is key to creating church imagery that builds community and deepens worship. A feature story exploring how congregations create worship visuals.
March 17, 2006
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11 min read
What? I Have to Preach the Christmas Story Again?: Fresh approaches to planning
How to plan for the Christmas service.
March 1, 2006
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1 min read
Writing Sermons in an Oral Style
The rhetorician James Winans once wrote, "A speech is not merely an essay standing on its hind legs." Yet many speakers—including preachers—write their messages in a style better suited for reading rather than hearing. To be an effective oral communicator, one must learn to write for the ear, not the eye.
January 1, 2006
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25 min listen
Moving Toward Preaching Extemporaneously
Preaching extemporaneously, without a manuscript, can enliven delivery and improve communication. This session will explain and demonstrate how to carefully make the transition from text to outline, and then from outline to embodied delivery.
January 1, 2006
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31 min listen
Who You Are Is How You Are Heard: Personality and Personal Ethics in Preaching
The small choices preachers make provide hearers not only with a better understanding of the text, but also with a keen understanding of the preacher.
January 1, 2006
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53 min listen
Testimony as Practice: Implications for Preaching, Worship, and a Christian Way of Life
The way we talk in worship affects the way we talk in the rest of our lives, and vice versa. Worship and daily life are integrally connected—a connection which is fundamental for developing healthy approaches to both worship and preaching.
January 1, 2006
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38 min listen
Global Perspectives on Worship
In this Symposium session, we explore cultural and liturgical issues our brothers and sisters are addressing, especially in Africa and Asia - for example, intergenerational and multicultural worship; use of indigenous songs, instruments, and dance; use of technology; challenges of religious pluralism. We explore how God is building his church in ways that move us all closer to the unity we have in Christ even as we celebrate the gifts of cultural diversity.
January 1, 2006
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50 min listen
