Every person you know is (for the most part) doing the best they can with their perspective, skills, and experience. How would your preaching change if you believed that? We usually look at our own struggles with understanding, because we know our own lives. We don’t volunteer in the community because we’re too busy; we […]
Sermon Link: https://subsplash.com/sentchurch/watch/mi/+cw47gyh?autoplay=true Sermon Title: “Rivers Instead of Reservoirs” Preacher: Pastor Kyle Ray is the Senior Pastor of Sent Church in Plano, Texas, before which he was senior pastor of Kentwood Community Church. Address suspicions: “There’s nothing I want from you; there’s nothing I need from you—there are a lot of things I want for […]
Sermon Review: Amber Cook, Grace Fellowship Church (Princeton, IN) Link to Sermon Audio: https://gracefellowshipchurchsermons.sermon.net/main/main/21530321 Sermon Title: “Growing in Knowledge” Rev. Amber Cook is Senior Pastor of Grace Fellowship Church in Princeton, Indiana. Below are a few things we believe made Pastor Amber’s message a helpful example for preachers. Continuity—“We’ve seen that a theme in this […]
Sermon Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UakegCoey-M Sermon Title: “Hearing Aides” Preacher: Rev. Dr. Emily Vermilya is the Pastor of Operations and Development at College Wesleyan Church in Marion, Indiana Here are a few (of the many) things in this sermon Dr. Vermilya does that are most worth emulating: Introduce with Intrigue: “Simple messages all with the same goal: […]
Confusion abounds in the world we inhabit; it also shows up in the Word we inhabit. The people of God since the Genesis of creation have experienced the human angst of confusion. Paul wrote, “God is not a God of confusion but of peace” (1 Cor. 14:33). Yet, so often we find ourselves feeling our […]
Jesus was a famously good storyteller. On hillsides and shorelines, Jesus held audiences spellbound with his way of sharing in images and narratives that expressed core human needs.
Congregants approach Scripture with all sorts of questions—especially questions about how the Scripture makes claims on our lives. One of our best connection points in sermons, then, is to start with curiosity that invites our congregations to experience the text freshly and stay curious about God’s invitation for their lives.
Sermon: The God of Our Losses Sermon audio link: spoonerwesleyan.org/images/custom/media/sermons/2015-07-12-god-of-our-losses.mp3 Preacher: Ron Gormong has been the senior pastor of Spooner Wesleyan Church for over 25 years. Located in Spooner, Wisconsin, SWC is a thriving congregation known for their generosity and missional focus. Sermon Review: We feature sermons because they teach us to preach. Through careful listening, […]
Preacher: Dwight Nash is the pastor of Sent Church—a congregation seeking to be ambassadors of God’s love. Sermon Link: https://vimeo.com/144306337 Sometimes we feature sermons because they demonstrate values we can exhibit in our own preaching. Through this sermon, Pastor Dwight demonstrates several principles for great preaching. Each of these values are overarching values for good […]
Sermon Title: Free: The Foundation Preacher: Pastor Kyle Ray is the senior pastor of Kentwood Community Church, and a ministry thought leader in the Wesleyan Church. Under Kyle’s leadership, Kentwood has become a multi-ethnic, multi-campus church. Kentwood has grown to be an international church with a new campus in India. https://vimeo.com/124823511 Sermon Link: http://www.kentwoodcommunitychurch.com/media#!/swx/pp/media_archives/128299/episode/56132 Sermon […]