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Sermon: Take My Life | Alex Sicilia
Preacher: Alex Sicilia Title: Take My Life Location: College Wesleyan Church Date: May 19, 2019 Link: https://vimeo.com/337142230 Cross-cultural Awareness Pastor Alex demonstrates incredible facility with cross-cultural preaching in this sermon. English is not his first language, but he uses it to richly describe culturally-specific barriers that affect Christians in Mexico, then pivots to discuss distractions […]
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Preaching Resource: Every Moment Holy
Preaching Resource: Every Moment Holy Find on Amazon Here Preaching is just one sub-category of pastoral speech. What we say outside the pulpit–when comforting a family after the loss of a loved one, praying for a patient about to undergo surgery, or meeting with a small group leader about the people they disciple–requires just as […]
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What is Wesleyan Preaching?
We all have different stories surrounding our relationship with Wesleyan preaching. If you are like me, you were formed in, rebelled from, returned to, called through, and now are serving the Wesleyan church. You may have a different story though. Some preachers I know never saw a Wesleyan church until they were called to preach […]
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Quotations by and for Preachers
Below are a few prompts for your thoughts. Please do not strip mine them for your sermon in coming weeks. These are meant for pondering, for personal reflection, for prayer, and for transformation of the preacher. Then, if they have lived within the well of your heart for some time, feel free to preach […]
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Sermon Review: Leanne Ketcham
Preacher: Leanne Ketcham Sermon Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pp0r5pJvmA Leanne Ketcham is a gifted preacher who wields theological expertise with impressive grace and practicality. She is currently finishing her PhD in Homiletics at Emmanuel College in the University of Toronto, one of the best Homiletics programs in North America. She is on loan from the Wesleyan Church to […]
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My Homiletic Journey – Mark O. Wilson
Mark Wilson recently moved to South Carolina to teach at Southern Wesleyan University after years of faithful and evangelistic pastoral ministry. You may be familiar with his writing in Purple Fish from Wesleyan publishing house. Here is a more personal introduction to his generously kind and humble personality. We hope sharing his journey into preaching […]
Preacher: Kenneth Wagner Sermon Title: Best Summer Ever Vol. 2: Part 1 Sermon Link: https://www.unitedchurchde.com/best-summer-ever-vol-2 We love when a preacher clearly articulates a simple and clear vision from the pulpit. We live to see those far from God be united with Christ. That is the desire of Kenneth Wagner, senior pastor at United Church a […]
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THE PART WE PLAY | Stacy Shaw
Preacher: Stacy Shaw Sermon Title: The Part We Play Sermon Link: https://subsplash.com/victoryhighway/media/mi/+kvjj49w (audio) Part of what we have done over the last year at Wesleyan Sermons is to include sermons from preachers you may not think of immediately. Often the senior pastors of the largest congregations get the most footprint. There is reason for this, many […]
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Making Christmas New, Again
How exactly do you preach on Christmas again after you have preached it 17 times? How do you find anything new to say? These were the questions she asked as we talked about preaching this past month. She is not unique among pastors. If it is not you yet, give it time. At some point, […]