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Fall of Assad, Netflix's Mary, and a Scrabble Champion

Phil Topham , Adrian Reynolds , John Stevens

What impact will Assad's fall have for Christians? Should we engage with biblical stories in pop-culture? Can we have the words without the heart?

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Preaching the Book of Job

Eric Ortlund

What are the joys and challenges of preaching through Job? A seminar from the 2024 Leaders' Conference.

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Preaching to Women

Andy Constable , Sharon Dickens

How do men teach women and how can they get better at it? A seminar from the 2024 Leaders' Conference.

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Israel-Gaza Conflict, 'Conversion Therapy', and Plagiarism

Phil Topham , Adrian Reynolds , John Stevens

How should we continue to respond to the Israel/Gaza conflict? What could a conversion therapy ban mean for church leaders? Can we plagiarise sermons?

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Multiculturalism, Free Speech, and Wes Anderson

Phil Topham , Adrian Reynolds , John Stevens

Has multiculturalism failed in Britain? When does free speech become unacceptable speech? What can Wes Anderson's new film teach us about preaching?

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Know Your Flock Before You Preach

Johnny Prime

A wise pastor-teacher seeks to share their life with and take time to know those they preach to.

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Gifts for Visiting Preachers (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)

Trevor Archer

Most pastors will remember good and bad experiences of visiting churches to preach. How should churches show their gratefulness to visiting preachers?

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Diagnosed by Covid

Andy Paterson

Many have had a fear of, and some experience of, a COVID-19 diagnosis in 2020. But maybe COVID-19 is leading to a different kind of diagnosis.

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Preachers: Learn to Listen Well

Adrian Reynolds

Listening to other people’s preaching can be a difficult task; we need to fight to benefit from the teaching of others rather than critique it.

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On Sermon Preparation and Delivery

Mark Dever

Mark shares his conviction and practice of expositional preaching, and describes his own process and method of sermon preparation.

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Communication 101: What’s Getting in the Way?

Ray Evans

PART 6: At the end of his series on giving a great talk, Ray focuses on the way a talk is delivered, heard and received.

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Communication 101: The Place of Prayer

Ray Evans

PART 5: In this penultimate part of Communication 101, Ray Evans focuses on the key ingredient of a great talk.

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Communication 101: Mind Your Language

Ray Evans

PART 4: How can we engage our audiences more effectively? Ray Evans considers the preacher’s use of words and illustrations.

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Communication 101: Loving Your Listeners

Ray Evans

PART 3: There may be a difference between what people hear when you preach and what you think they should hear.

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Communication 101: Making it Personal

Ray Evans

PART 2: As preachers work on the passage in front of them, they need to pay special attention to sermon headings.

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The Whole Counsel of God

Oli Tucker

Which parts of Scripture are most popular with Bible-preaching churches? Oli Tucker has spent some time exploring selection bias by preachers.

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Communication 101: Preaching the Passage

Ray Evans

PART 1: Ray Evans unpacks some advice for preachers. Here he begins to explore what it means to preach the passage.

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Rediscovering Spurgeon’s Treasure

Adrian Reynolds

Adrian Reynolds outlines Spurgeon’s sermon on ‘progress’ from ‘An All Round Ministry’. It's a subject close to Adrian’s own heart.

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Vivid Imagery

Adrian Reynolds

Many Bible stories contain vivid imagery, so how can preachers and teachers wrestle communicate these colourful pictures in their ministry?

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Stand Up and Deliver

Ray Evans

Connecting with your listeners is a vital part of your preaching ministry. So how can you make sure that connection happens?

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Quality Teaching

Ray Evans

How do you plan your church preaching programme? Here are some tips about long-term planning, short-term planning and how you should follow this up.

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Quality Control

Ray Evans

The quality of your welcome, your teaching ministry and your hospitality are all vital to church health.

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But What Do They Hear?

Adrian Reynolds

Preachers can spend weeks immersed in passages of Scripture, but it's important to put yourself in the listeners’ shoes as you prepare.

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Preaching Evangelistically

The third of three seminars on the topic of 'Whole Church Evangelism'.

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Fall of Assad, Netflix's Mary, and a Scrabble Champion