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.