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May 7, 2020
Where’s The Beef
On Wednesday night our Children’s Ministry Team hosted a drive through Hamburger Project. Huh? We offered prayer, resources, gift bags, hamburger coupons and, most of all, an opportunity for children and their families to make eye contact with Good Shepherd leadership. Ryan Gordon and Brooke Presley, aka Ketchup & Mustard, provided the leadership the
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May 6, 2020
Preaching For DECISION While Remembering MOTIVATION
As thrilling as it is to ensure that at least a moment in every sermon points to Christ and him crucified, it is even moreso when sermons issue an urgent yet loving appeal to surrender to his Lordship. Doing this well involves doing it with variety. It includes recognizing that people come in with very
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May 5, 2020
Top Five Tuesday (Cinco De Mayo Version!) — Top Five Stages Of Sermon Development
You’ve heard of the five stages of grief? Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance? Or on a lighter note, the Five Love Languages? Acts Of Service, Words Of Affirmation, Gifts, Quality Time, and physical touch? So those cinco-centric lists got me thinking: are there five stages of preparing a Sunday sermon? I believe there are.
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May 4, 2020
“No Problem” Week 2 — The “Big Problem” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Dug a bit deeper into the short story from Mark 1 that is our basis for the entire “No Problem” series; Acknowledged that some people actually like their problems and derive their identity from them; Led to an opportunity to say Yes to Jesus, even with a text message option; Had this
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April 30, 2020
Losing My Voice. And Finding It Again.
One time I lost my voice. Here’s how I found it again. There was a season in the life of Good Shepherd, stretching from, say 2007 – 2010, in which I had learned the technique of a one point sermon. So that was progress. However, during that same time I had become enamored with another,
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April 29, 2020
Turns Out You CAN Come Home Again …
Here’s our son Riley Davis and his wife Natalie enjoying ice cream on the recently re-opened streets of Prague, Czech Republic. They have been stationed there since last summer, working on behalf of Cru (formerly known as Campus Crusade For Christ) with college students in that historic city. The good news is that when their
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April 28, 2020
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Rolling Stones Songs
Last week the Rolling Stones released an extraordinary song inspired by the Coronavirus Pandemic: Living In A Ghost Town. It’s a little bit of “Miss You,” a little more of “Shattered,” and a little most of “Your Love Is Strong” all rolled into one. Check it out: Yet that unexpected release made me dig
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April 27, 2020
No Problem, Week One — The “Small Problem” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Launched a series inspired by Professor Joseph Okello of Asbury Seminary with whom I had a lively interaction about “points” preaching or “pointed” preaching back in October of 2019; Leaned heavily on the pacing of the early sections of Mark’s Gospel; Led to an invitation for prayer requests via Facebook Live and
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April 24, 2020
“No Problem” Series Begins With “Small Problem”
“No problem.” We hear it from the lips of friends who assure us we’re not a bother. We hear it from the lips of customers who assure us they’ll wait. We hear it from the lips of vacationers who assure us the laid back lifestyle really is the best. We even say it to others
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April 23, 2020
#TBT — Princeton Tennis, 1982
I received this photo in a group text with some college tennis friends this week. What memories! This is from the spring of 1982, my sophomore year in college. Why are our sweatsuits cream and blue? I have no idea — the school colors are orange and black (tiger stripes, get it?). By my senior
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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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