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August 26, 2020
What I Realized From Psalm 48:9
Not long ago, I read Psalm 48:9 as part of my weekend version of starting the day in the Word and not in the world. Here’s what it says: “Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.” So what happened when I meditated on his unfailing love? I realize that he …
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August 25, 2020
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Vintage Hymns
I’ve spent more time than you might suspect in traditional churches. After all, when I first started going to church there were no other options! So I’ve spent time in high church Presbyterian, middle church Methodist, low church Baptist, and all points in between. That includes nine years at a traditional-becoming-blended church in Monroe, a
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August 24, 2020
“Help! I Need Somebody!” Week 1 — The “From Bad To Worse To Worser” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Started my favorite kind of series: based on a biblical book seen through a cultural hook. In this case, the book is Ruth and the hook is the Beatles; Hinged on the exegetical & historical work of doing what Sandy Richter calls “bridging the cultural divide” … in particular the concept of
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August 21, 2020
“Help! I Need Somebody!” Starts With “From Bad To Worse To Worser”
Help! I Need Somebody! And not just anybody, right? We all have a longing for connection, for relationship, for the ability to need people and to be needed by people. So: how do we live into that reality during this unique season of our lives? And what do the answers to that question have 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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August 20, 2020
#TBT — I Found A Forehand! Summer, 1980
On Throwback Thursdays, I often dig up old tennis photos, and those photos usually feature my backhand or my serve. Those were my two best shots. And then I found this one. A forehand at last: The photo was taken during a practice session on the day before the 1980 Texas Sectional in San
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August 19, 2020
When Church Enables
I’ve had a sense through the years that churches in general and this church in particular need to take more care to avoid enabling unhealthy behaviors. With the best of intentions, we can reinforce behaviors and patterns in people that do much more harm than good. For example . . . When a church allows
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August 18, 2020
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five “Advice Cliches” That Really Aren’t Very Helpful
Many times, WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS, we offer advice that is actually counter-productive. We lean on tried and true cliches to encourage people facing life’s dilemmas, and if they follow OUR ADVICE / THE WORLD’S CLICHES disaster is likely to be the result. Here are five to eliminate from your vocabulary … whether you’re
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August 17, 2020
“It Runs In The Family, Week 4” — The “Deep Pockets” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Was delivered TWICE — once to our live outdoor service at 8:30 and then via livestream at 10 a.m.; Speaking of the “live” service, during the preaching of it the connection of “genealogy” and “generosity” came to me, spur of the moment, so I included it with some frequency in both iterations;
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August 14, 2020
“It Runs In The Family,” Week 4 — “Deep Pockets”
God has been very good to us during the “It Runs In The Family” series. I have sensed that many of you have begun to live its truths and principles inside your homes. This Sunday the series winds up with “Deep Pockets,” a look at what we want to run in our families in terms
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August 13, 2020
Preaching & The Sacred Act Of Noticing
I am moved by the self-awareness of poet and memoirist Patricia Lockwood. Here’s how she words it in the best-selling Priestdaddy: I consider myself on an anthropological mission, much like Margaret Mead. I have discovered that this makes almost anything bearable – it would have been such a salvation in my childhood to think I
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