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September 29, 2020
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Ways “WORD Before The WORLD” Has Helped ME
As a lot of you know, for the last year or so I have been providing Daily Reading Prompts on Monday-Friday of each week. It started as an experiment to help my men’s LifeGroup study Luke together and has expanded enormously since them. The Prompts cover a section of Scripture — usually less than a
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September 28, 2020
Comeback, Week 1 — The “The Rules Of Re-Entry” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Should have been delivered 20 years ago. And then again 10 years ago. And then again five years ago. It touches on sometimes so deeply Christian and yet almost un-American that I found it too easy to put on the backburner; Was likely to antagonize some on the right side of the
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September 25, 2020
“Comeback,” Week 1 — “The Rules Of Re-Entry”
Down for the count. Back against the wall. Throw in the towel. All over but the crying. Left for dead. However you phrase it, that’s how many of us have been feeling over the last few months. We’ve been knocked down and sent out and now more than ever we need to know how to
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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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September 24, 2020
#TBT — Budding Artist, Aspiring Footballer, or Religious Clairvoyant?
I recently found this drawing of mine in some old photo albums. I believe I was about six years old, making this in 1967 or 1968. Notice I have my name on the FRONT side of the jersey (those of you who know me are like, “yep, he’s a THREE alright!”). Notice also that
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September 23, 2020
WHY We Do WHAT We Do
Some time ago, I received an email from a friend at Good Shepherd. My friend is in recovery from alcoholism, so that is a frequent subject of our conversations together, and he knows how much joy I get from his journey to sobriety. Here’s part of his email: I wanted to tell you about a
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September 22, 2020
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Reasons I ALWAYS Root For SMU
This past weekend was a good weekend for SMU sports. First, their football team beat the University of North Texas (um, formerly called North Texas State University) 65-35. Second, their graduate Bryson DeChambeau won the U.S. Open golf tournament. My delight with those results got me thinking: why am I such a fan? I didn’t
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September 21, 2020
“Help! I Need Somebody!” Week 4 — The “Help! Somebody Needs You!” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Hinged on a subtle yet unmistakable pattern in Ruth 4; Pointed out Ruth’s mic drop ending of 4:17 … the Moabitess is in the lineage of King David. Really, Ruth begins in anarchy and ends in monarchy; Suggested that “town gates” in ancient Israel served as both Shopping Mall and County Courthouse;
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September 17, 2020
Getting Carried Away With Paul
I have found myself wanting to get carried away like Paul recently. What do I mean by that? Scattered throughout his letters, there are times when Paul becomes so exuberant about the subject at hand that he simply gets carried away. It’s almost always when he is speaking of the authority, sovereignty, and mystery of
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September 16, 2020
When You Sow Some Massively Small Seeds
One day several years ago I was the Rivergate shopping center when a man approached me to strike up a conversation. “You came to my house a couple of years ago to invite us to church,” he said. “And I just want you to know that we’ve been coming ever since.” Now: that visit was
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September 15, 2020
Top Five Tuesday — Ooops They Did It AGAIN! MORE Great Dawes Songs
Late last week, while working on an upcoming social media post related the power of analogy in preaching, I stumbled across a stunning discovery: a Dawes album I didn’t know existed. I have written at length here and here about my new-found Dawes love, but I thought I knew their entire oeuvre: North Hills (2009),
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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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