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July 28, 2020
Top Five (Or WAY More) Tuesday — My GOAT Songs For A Bunch Of Artists
We all have them. Our favorite songs for each band/artist. In modern terms, our GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) songs from the musicians who have influenced and enriched us. Here’s a long list of mine: Led Zeppelin: Over The Hills & Far Away The Eagles: Take It To The Limit (Live) Phil Collins: Bruce Springsteen:
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July 27, 2020
It Runs In The Family, Week 1 — The “Talking The Walk” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Launched a series that was not in my original 2020 sermon planning: “It Runs In The Family.” I figured that this would be a good series of messages to give while families are still in quarantine together; Noted some personal ironies in me giving this particular message; Came from Deuteronomy but NOT
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July 24, 2020
New Series Launch — “It Runs In The Family”
It Runs In The Family Just think of all the things that run in families. Just think of all the things that run in your family! Skin tone, hair texture, eye color, verbal tics, facial expression, walking styles, high blood pressure, good judgment, male pattern baldness, and much, much more. Some things, of course, run
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July 23, 2020
When Sermon Design Meets Artistic Expression
Earlier this week, I had a Zoom meeting with a United Methodist colleague in which the topic of conversation was preaching. As part of the Simplify The Message ministry, some of my friends in the Western North Carolina Annual Conference invite me to give guidance to younger clergy who are in the ordination process. It’s
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July 22, 2020
Finding A Sermon Buried In A Dawes Song
In “Just My Luck,” a melancholic ballad that revisits a chance encounter with a lost love, the Dawes Band offers this insight: I spend my whole life moving forwards but understand it looking back I am sure I’ve heard that song dozens of times (the same is true of almost of the Dawes catalog in
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July 21, 2020
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Songs That Came On From Apple Music While On The Stationary Bike
How’s that for a title? See, I’ve been working out at home during the spike in Coronavirus cases. Although my South Carolina-based Y is open, I haven’t felt taking the risk of working out publicly — according to the experts, it’s almost as dangerous as worshipping. Sigh. Anyway, while I warm up on the stationary
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July 20, 2020
“Famous Last Words, Week 5” — The “Finishing School” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Dug into the last words of Paul’s last words — the inspired section in 2 Timothy 4 where declares clearly that his end is nigh; Observed that the world is full of STARTERS but not so full of FINISHERS; In an aside, noted that 2 Timothy 4:3-4 are among the most FUTURE
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July 16, 2020
What A Ten Year Old Picture Teaches About Personal Development #TBT
Back in 2010, I was able to spend a couple of days at the pro tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California. It’s a glorious venue in an idyllic setting, and it’s actually the fifth most prestigious tournament in the world after the four Grand Slams. While there I watched Novak Djokovic play and snapped this
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July 15, 2020
The Only Thing I Fear More Than Dogs …
… is people not getting any of my books. So my Good Shepherd friends Eric & Angie Matras batted .500 last night in their new home in Lake Wylie, SC.
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July 14, 2020
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Coldest Times In My Life
Coldest? Coldest? Well, yeah. Coldest. With 90 plus degrees in the Carolinas and now relief in sight, how about some blog relief? Here they are: the five most heat-resistant, coldest times in my life. 5. That November snowstorm in Dallas in 1978. All I know is that there was snow on the ground right around
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Pastor, Author, Speaker
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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