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June 25, 2020
Meet The Stoltenbergs
Our Communications Team is chronicling how the people of Good Shepherd have grown in their living relationship with Jesus Christ during pandemic. So today … meet the Stoltenbergs: https://www.facebook.com/GoodShepherd...
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June 24, 2020
Preaching Predicaments
In speaking with a preacher friend recently, I mentioned that the early part of every sermon needs to surface a problem that needs to be solved or expose an itch that needs to be scratched. Really, then, sermon openings invariably involve predicaments. I want the congregation asking themselves one of two questions in the early
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June 23, 2020
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five (Or Six) Reflections On Cataract Surgery
Last Wednesday I had cataract surgery. Quick backstory: I have worn contact lenses since I was 16 (“You mean you’re supposed to be able to SEE the individual leaves on trees? Who knew?!”). About six years ago, I began to need reading glasses for “close in” vision; about two years ago I found a marvelous
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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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June 22, 2020
Famous Last Words, Week 2 — The “Time After Time” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Coined a new song: “Insulting Grace.” Trademark efforts to come; Offered reflections on Muddy Methodist Theology from a generation or so ago; Encouraged listeners to be out of step with current culture as long as they are in touch with timeless grace; Landed at this bottom line: Why keep up with the
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June 18, 2020
#TBT — June, 1980, Texas Sectionals, San Antonio, Texas
This happened 40 years ago this week: It’s from the finals of the 1980 Texas Sectionals Championship for Boys’ 18-and-under at the McFarlin Tennis Center in San Antonio. I won the match and the tournament by beating Neil Adams 6-4, 6-2. As far as I can tell, I am just following through on a backhand
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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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June 17, 2020
Hey Preachers & Speakers! Did You Know There Are THREE TYPES OF BOTTOM LINES?
I admit it: I obsess over bottom lines. Pointed points. Plain truths. The one point of one point sermons. However you label them, they are the currency of the preaching craft as I practice it. Once I sense that after study and prayer I have arrived at a bottom line that is biblically faithful, theologically
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June 16, 2020
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Things To Know About the ManUp Conference
This Saturday, June 20, the city of Charlotte will have its annual ManUp Conference. Except the men won’t be coming to church somewhere in town. Instead, in light of Covid-19, the conference will be coming to them. Here are five things to know about ManUp 2020 … One. There’s A Bonus Speaker This Year. How
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June 15, 2020
Famous Last Words, Week One — “The Overachiever’s Overachievement” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Was the first “prepared” one in three weeks; Imagined a conversation with Paul and Timothy in which the apostle tells his son in the faith that he’s going to “win the New Testament!” Concluded with a precious photo from pandemic of a young Good Shepherder lifting his bible during home worship; Led
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June 12, 2020
Famous Last Words Starts With “An Overachiever’s Overachievement”
When people say their farewells, we listen more closely. Their words move from interesting to influential. The same is even true of Paul, the pastor, missionary, and author at the center of so much of the activity and the thinking in the New Testament. His final written words in a letter called Second Timothy,
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June 11, 2020
Guiding Principles For Returning To “Indoor” Worship
We distributed this video last week to answer the question, “When are we coming back?” Here are the principles in writing: We value being right over being first. We anticipate a rush to open by some churches in our area. We will resist the temptation to be among “the first” and will instead focus on
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