1855 Knollcrest Circle SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4402 USA
On the campus of Calvin University
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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.
Becoming a worship-centered congregation is a profound cultural shift for some congregations and often takes as much as ten years. Using leadership theory and theories of transformational learning, this workshop explored the dynamics of congregational change, resistance to change, and the role of congregational leaders in always pointing toward the worship of God as the church's highest calling.
This day-long continuing education seminar featured three sessions on preaching and teaching themes from the book of Romans, based on the speaker's commentary on Romans in the New Interpreter's Bible series. Part 1 of 3.
This day-long continuing education seminar featured three sessions on preaching and teaching themes from the book of Romans, based on the speaker's commentary on Romans in the New Interpreter's Bible series. Part 3 of 3.
This day-long continuing education seminar featured three sessions on preaching and teaching themes from the book of Romans, based on the speaker's commentary on Romans in the New Interpreter's Bible series. Part 2 of 3.
Biblically correct worship—is there such a thing?
