The Feedback Part of Conversational Preaching

The Feedback Part of Conversational Preaching We are seeking to understand and implement effective communication through our preaching.  One way to do that is to provide conversational preaching.  The first post in this series is here.  …

Breaking the Conversational Preaching Barrier

Breaking the Conversational Preaching Barriers We are considering the effectiveness and challenges of conversational preaching.  In this post I want to consider how to break the conversational preaching barriers. We have been looking at some…

Models of the Preaching Event

Models of the Preaching Event In this post I want to look at models of the preaching event.  We've been considering the possibility of adding more conversational elements to our preaching.  The first post in the series is here. Older Models…

Learning To Communicate

Learning To Communicate In the last post I introduced the idea of learning conversational preaching skills.  In this post we'll consider the steps in learning to communicate that we'll apply to our preaching. From the moment we are…

Learning Conversational Preaching

 Learning Conversational Preaching One of the most amazing aspects of God is that he wants to communicate with us human beings.  This post begins a series on learning conversational preaching.   God is about communication. We see this…

Things To Remember In A First Person Sermon

Things To Remember In A First Person Sermon We've been thinking through the purpose and challenges of doing a first person sermon.  In this last post on the subject I want to consider some things to remember in a first person sermon as a wrap-up…

What To Put In Your First Person Sermon

What To Put In Your First Person Sermon We are in a series of posts describing how to create and perform a first person sermon.  Here's the first in the series.  In this post I want to consider what to put in your first person sermon that…

Creating the Story Sermon

Creating the Story Sermon In the last post we reflected on doing the background work prior to creating the story sermon.  In this post we take the next step, actually creating the story sermon itself. Releasing the Imagination After doing…

First Steps in First Person Preaching

First Steps in First Person Preaching In the last post I introduced the idea of doing first person preaching, that is, becoming a character in the narrative parts of the Bible.  In this post we are going to consider the first steps in first…

First-Person Bible Preaching

First Person Bible Preaching A few posts ago I told you about Jim, a member of the first church I served as pastor.  You can review the story here.  My wife and I received an  invitation to a reception/open house for Jim.  He had received…