Category: sermon
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double-talk
I must be in touch with my feminine side. I am multitasking. Not only that, but I am multitasking by preparing two sermons simultaneously. Many alarm bells are sounding in my head about why this is not a good idea, but I can’t help it. Thoughts relating to both of Sunday’s sermons have been surfacing…
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the art and science of sermon preparation
Today is one of my sermon preparation days. That may come as a surprise to some of you. Yes, I DO prepare my sermons! It can take a whole day sometimes, and on other occasions it flows rapidly and takes less time. I wish I could tell which were better. (For Harry Hill fans, yes…
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Sermon illustrations by Dave Walker
CartoonChurch.com » Cartoon » Sermon illustrations. Wonderful cartoon that offers us some new ways of bringing the Bible to life
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I love it when a plan comes together*
Daah Dah Daaaah, Duh Duh Duuuuh. Dah Dah Dah, Dah Da-dada Daaah… [Theme for the A Team] I have a feeling that God was humming that to himself this week. Last Sunday I thought we had finished a series of sermons in our morning services about ‘I ams’ of Jesus. No, not dried cat food!…
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preaching proverbs
Short posting this morning as I am off to the quiet day… but I thought I might offer ten proverbs for preachers: Don’t work out your frustrations on your congregation. It is better to leave them wanting more. Illustrations are there to illustrate not to be the main point. If you can’t summarise it in…
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booking time out
Those of you who can remember June 11 last year will remember that I mentioned I am writing a novel. At that time Ihad written about 9,000 words. Since then I have written about 100 more words. This is not good progress! So I have decided that next week I will take two days’ leave…
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biting off more than you can over-reach
Have you ever had the feeling that you have bitten off more than you can chew? The sense that you have over-reached yourself? That you are batting further up the order than you should be? The feeling that you are a fraud and are about to get found out? I had that sensation last week. We…
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of sermons and cam belts
Because of other things happening later in the week, today is day one of two days of sermon preparation. It feels a bit strange because I do not usually tackle a sermon until later in the week and I will have had longer to ponder. It remains to be seen whether or not this is…
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it is finished
I have finished. I can’t quite believe it. It should have been a very difficult task. I should be struggling through it. I should be looking for distractions that will keep me from the task. But it happened so quickly and easily that I am now wondering whether I have got it right! What have I…
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what to preach?
Sooo, you’re preaching at your mother’s wedding in just over a week’s time and have been asked to provide a reading (from the Bible). What to choose? Best to avoid some of the Proverbs (“a nagging wife is like a dripping tap”, “better to live on the roof than share a house with a nagging…
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