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May 25, 2020
I Pity The Fool, Week 2 — The “Now Or Later” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Acknowledged that most of us are NOW people, not LATER people; Dug into Proverbs’ strange command to “consider the ant”; Gave a not-so-friendly shout out to state lotteries; Landed at this bottom line: Fools want to be DELIVERED while the wise long to be DEVELOPED. —————————————- So I am a little bit
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May 21, 2020
#TBT — May 1980 Which Makes It FORTY YEARS AGO
The school was Highland Park High School and our nickname was the Scots. That’s why the school newspaper was called The Bagpipe. My best friend was the co-editor our senior year and so maybe he’s the one who wrote the caption. I think I was pretty skillful in avoiding any photographs of my forehand, by
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May 20, 2020
Saved By Works
Wait, what? Why would I, a preacher in the Christian, Protestant, Methodist tradition, title a blog post “Saved By Works”? Is not our faith defined this way:“by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast” (Ephesians
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May 19, 2020
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five (Or Six) HIGHLY PERSONALIZED Steps Towards Preaching Without Notes
Preaching without notes is the opposite of “winging it.” In my case at least, it is the result of a highly personalized (OK, maybe even somewhat OCD) process that’s built on these three premises: Internalize, don’t memorize If you get lost during delivery, you’re the only one who knows Engage with people, not paper (or
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Talbot Davis is the pastor of Good Shepherd United Methodist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. Talbot has written edited thousands of sermon series, including five that turned into Bible Study books published by Abingdon Press. Talbot shares his experience on preaching for Christ in his sixth book release, Simplify The Message, Multiply the Impact. His sixth book is ideal for both new and veteran preachers, seminary classrooms, and preaching workshops.
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May 18, 2020
“I Pity The Fool” Launches — The “Dumb And Smarter” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Reflected my own amazement from Proverbs 1:7 that fools DESPISE (not just ignore or avoid but actively DESPISE!) wisdom and instruction; Reminisced about the role of that verse in filtering false wisdom from true while I was in college; Touched on what all the “smart people” are saying about gender these days;
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May 15, 2020
“I Pity The Fool” Starts Sunday With “Dumb & Smarter”
We will dig into Proverbs for the next several weeks and do so through the lens of the wise and … the foolish. You’ll be able to download a wallpaper memory verse each week for your phone. This week it’s Proverbs 1:7, the foundation not only of the book of Proverbs but this Sunday’s
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May 14, 2020
Why Use Words When You Can Smith Them?
Some preachers use words. Other preachers smith them. One of my growing edges in ministry over the last decade or so has been to abandon the former and embrace the latter. Smithing words is especially important when, in a one point sermon, you craft the bottom line. The pointed point. The take-away. Here are some
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May 13, 2020
A Mother’s Day Gift Birthed On Easter
This Mother’s Day gift is one of my favorite things ever. Here’s why. During my Easter Sunday message, I lamented how difficult it is to represent the empty tomb artistically. The cross is much easier and as a result we have crosses that adorn our churches and decorate our jewelry. That’s not bad, of course,
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May 12, 2020
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Moody Blues Songs
Art rock. Psychadelic rock. Prog rock. Whatever you want to call it the Moody Blues were at the forefront of it. I remember when I was about six years old and my older brothers and sisters had some of their albums in our house in Dallas — and I thought both the sound of the
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May 11, 2020
No Problem, Week 3 — The “Stubborn Problem” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Began in a “liturgical” fashion with me inviting viewers to stand and read the Scripture out loud and together as we began; Deal with the thorny issue of the demonic in Scripture and in life; Used Colossians 2:13-15 to bring light to Mark 1; Landed at this point: No problem is too
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