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Resource Guide | November 13, 2023 The Costly Loss of the OT Prophets 2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop Audio | May 10, 2019 Truth that Awakens Holy Desire 2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop Audio | May 08, 2019 ¡Le pidieron dar el sermón infantil! Este material ofrece valiosos recursos prácticos para aquellas personas que tienen el privilegio y la responsabilidad de prepararse y compartir el mensaje infantil. Article | August 11, 2017 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 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 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 Preaching to the Elder Brother A guide for preaching to elder brothers. Audio | March 11, 2015 Overcoming Homiletic Fatigue This workshop explores ways to reenergize your preaching. Audio | March 11, 2015 Ancient Wisdom for Preachers In this workshop, Augustine and John Chrysostom are our primary guides as we reflect on the joys and challenges of proclaiming the Gospel. Audio | March 11, 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 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 Kathy Hanson on Youth Delivering Homilies Usually teachers give the homily during daily worship at Mustard Seed School in Hoboken, New Jersey. When the school asked every eighth grader to give a homily, the results surprised and blessed the whole community. Conversation | November 07, 2014 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 What is Worship Renewal? A summary of the meanings and implications of vital worship. Article | September 23, 2013 Love your Neighbors: Practice what’s preached Acting on sermons about loving your neighbors is easier if you see yourself as able to give, join others in serving, and see your loving service as an act of worship. Article | Feature Story | August 22, 2012 1 2 3 Next »