Preaching Points: Recent Episodes
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Preaching Points is a weekly podcast that provides brief reflections on preaching that points you to preaching excellence. Each Monday, you will be able to download and listen to fresh insights on preaching from our faculty at the Center for Preaching, as well as professors and friends of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
This podcast is designed to provide regular inspiration and encouragement for preachers. We want to reinforce the basics of Biblical Preaching, along with stimulating your thinking with clear and powerful ideas on preaching.
In this featured favorite, we bring back the wise words of Haddon Robinson as he reminds us of the importance of being clear in our preaching.
In this featured favorite, we bring back the wisdom of Haddon Robinson as he shares why and how we should preach about money.
In this featured favorite, we bring back a conversation with Haddon Robinson, Jeff Arthurs, and Scott Gibson on what may be the greatest weakness in preaching.
In this featured favorite, we bring back the insights of Haddon Robinson as he shares why we need both evangelism and scholarship.
In this featured favorite, we bring back the wisdom of Haddon Robinson as he shares the essence of good preaching.
In this featured favorite, we bring back the insight of Haddon Robinson as he explores how less is more when preaching.
In this featured favorite, we bring back a conversation with Haddon Robinson, Jeff Arthurs, and Scott Gibson where they remind us of the danger of being boring in our preaching.
Jeffrey Arthurs discusses the book Preaching and the Thirty Second Commercial as it covers how details and personalization in stories can broaden the appeal.
Today, Jeff Arthurs discusses the book Preaching and the Thirty Second Commercial as it covers how advertising is on its way out, but storytelling is just getting started.
How do you keep your listeners engaged? Today Jeffrey Arthurs discusses the book Preaching and the Thirty Second Commercial as it covers the importance of attention in preaching.
Today, Jeffrey Arthurs discusses how to preach using narratives from the Bible, by telling the story, pointing out the lessons within it, and then sharing its application.
Join us for the final episode in a series on Resilience by Crawford Loritts and Jeffrey Arthurs as they discuss that you have been given a gift and supernatural resources by God.
Join us for a second episode in a series on Resilience by Crawford Loritts and Jeffrey Arthurs as they discuss two principles for resilience involvingremembering your own experiences and who you are in God's story.
Join us for the first in a three week series on Resilience with Crawford Loritts and Jeffrey Arthurs as they discuss what resilience is.
In this featured favorite, we bring back the insights of Haddon Robinson on how to be biblical and contemporary in your preaching.
In this featured favorite, we bring back a conversation with Haddon Robinson, Jeff Arthurs, and Scott Gibson on why preaching is worth it.
Bryan Wilkerson and Jeff Arthurs discuss how to incorporate variety into your preaching.
Jeff Arthurs and Bryan Wilkerson discuss how to address LGBTQ issues as you preach and teach.
Jeff Arthurs and Bryan Wilkerson discuss how to use personal illustrations in preaching
Jeff Arthurs and Bryan Wilkerson explore how to cast vision, create culture, and resolve issues using visionary preaching to lead your congregation from the pulpit.
Jeff Arthurs and Bryan Wilkerson discuss the effective use of topical preaching within the church.
Join Jeff Arthurs as he explains how to keep your listeners' attention from the opening until the close.
Jeffery Arthurs discusses the importance of names and how what we call congregants matters.
Matthew Kim and Patricia Batten discuss the importance of sharing your pain when preaching.
Patricia Batten and Matthew Kim discuss the importance of character formation for preachers.
Matthew Kim and Patricia Batten discuss how to include and consider people with disabilities when you preach.
Patricia Batten and Matthew Kim discuss how to keep joy in preaching.
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Matthew Kim and Patricia Batten discuss the effects of burnout on preaching.
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A chapter of the book "The Model Sermon" is discussed by the author Jeremy McKeen and Jeff Arthurs
Jeff Arthurs continues the conversation with Jeremy McKeen about his book "The Model Sermon"
Jeremy McKeen and Jeff Arthurs discuss a chapter from Jeremy McKeen's book "The Model Sermon"
Jeff Arthurs and Jeremy McKeen discuss the importance of making an appeal from a chapter from his book "The Model Sermon"
Jeff Arthurs and Jeremy McKeen discuss an important principle from his book, "The Model Sermon."
Jeff Arthurs, Pat Batten, and local pastor and author Jeremy McKeen talk about how preachers might encourage the faint-hearted.
Pat Batten and Jeff Arthurs have a conversation with pastor and author Jeremy McKeen about his book, "The Model Sermon: Principles for Preaching from the Book of Hebrews"
Join Jeff Arthurs and Pat Batten as they talk to Jeremy McKeen about his book, "The Model Sermon: Principles of Preaching from the Book of Hebrews"
Join Patricia Batten and Jeffrey Arthurs as they talk to Pastor Jeremy McKeen about his book, "The Model Sermon: Principles for Preaching from the Book of Hebrews."
Jeffrey Arthurs and Pat Batten have a lively conversation about speaking in one's own cultural voice.
Join Pat Batten and Jeff Arthurs as they talk about some of the benefits of preaching without notes.
Jeff Arthurs and recent Ph.D. in Preaching grad, Mike Roth, encourage preachers to use pictorial language.
Jeff Arthurs and recent Ph.D. in Preaching grad, Nathan Wright, talk about preaching as a vice regent.
Jeff Arthurs and recent Ph.D. in Preaching grad, Drew Thompson, talk about preaching and interpretation.
Jeff Arthurs and recent Ph.D. grad, Russel St. John, talk about the necessity of consistency in preaching.
Encouragement for preachers as they faithfully pastor their churches and commit to faithfully preaching God's word.
Goals are important when we teach. What about when we preach? Aim for learning goals when you preach.
In his book, "Practicing the Present," John Koessler encourages church leaders to think about the often neglected "now." This podcast explores how preachers might practice the present from the pulpit.
Our view of Scripture is connected to how we prepare to preach and how we actually preach.
Why are dramas so engaging to watch or listen to? We can craft our sermons like a drama and take hold of some of the principles that keep listeners listening.
Do you think about proxemics in preaching? How can we leverage the way we use space as we preach?
Are you a tidy person? Maybe you've read Marie Kondo's book, "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up." Today on Preaching Points, Dr. Jeffrey Arthurs will help us see how preachers can tidy up their preaching.
Please listen as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Drs. Jeffrey Arthurs, Pablo Jimenez, and Scott Gibson encourage preachers to form a preaching prayer team. If you would like to have more resources on improving your preaching, check out our latest pulpit talk issue 15.4 on Preaching Reconciliation at our store website: www.gordonconwellstore.com.
This week Drs. Jeffrey Arthurs, Pablo Jimenez, and Scott Gibson discuss how God Shapes the Church by Preaching.
This week Drs. Jeffrey Arthurs, Pablo Jimenez, and Scott Gibson discuss how God Shapes the Church by Preaching. We have our biennial Preaching conference coming up in September 6-7 2018. Early Registration is available at https://npc2018.eventbrite.com.
Please listen as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Dr. Jeffrey Arthurs considers how reflecting on scripture is the vanilla factor in spiritual growth. Thank you for listening to this podcast from the Haddon W. Robinson Center for Preaching at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. We have a Preaching Conference coming up in September 6-7 2018. Early Registration is available at https://npc2018.eventbrite.com.
Please listen as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Drs. Matthew Kim, and Scott Gibson explain how people want to see a sermon before they hear one. Thank you for listening to this podcast from the Haddon W. Robinson Center for Preaching at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. We have a Preaching Conference coming up in September 6-7 2018. Early Registration is available at https://npc2018.eventbrite.com.
Please listen as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Drs. Matthew Kim, and Scott Gibson discuss how the fear of man will prove to be a snare.
Please listen as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Drs. Matthew Kim, and Scott Gibson encourage preachers to form a preaching prayer team.
Please listen as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Dr. Jeffrey Arthurs encourages to exalt Christ, yes, and also exhort the people.
This week Drs. Matthew Kim, and Scott Gibson discuss preaching for length of hearing and not for length of speaking. Thanks, listeners. And thank you for listening to this weekly podcast from the Haddon W. Robinson Center for Preaching at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. We have our biennial Preaching conference coming up in September 6-7 2018. Early Registration is available at https://npc2018.eventbrite.com. We hope you can join us as we have renowned guest speakers Ravi Zacharias, Mark Dever, Mary Hulst, Jared Alcantara, Afshin Ziafat, Calvin Woosung Choi, and Mark Farnham.
Please listen as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Dr. Jeffrey Arthurs will be explaining how transitions can be one word.
This week Drs. Matthew Kim, and Scott Gibson encourage preachers to make your introductions mintroductions. Thank you listeners and have a great week. If you have any future topics you would like us to cover, please email us at preaching@gordonconwell.edu
This week, Dr. Jeffrey Arthurs encourages preachers to have a delivery that should be energetic, yet conversational. If this is your first time listening, then thanks for coming. The preaching points podcast is produced every week for your enjoyment and previous episodes are found on our website: https://www.spreaker.com/show/2623422 Please listen as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching.
Please listen as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Drs. Jeffrey Arthurs, Matthew Kim, and Scott Gibson chat on the topic, Persevere in Preaching. We have a Preaching Conference coming up in September 6-7 2018. Early Registration is available at https://npc2018.eventbrite.com.
Please listen as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Drs. Jeffrey Arthurs, Matthew Kim, and Scott Gibson discuss the phrase Read Yourself, Think Yourself Clear, Pray Yourself Hot, Let Yourself Go. . If you are interested in learning the basics of preaching, early registration for our preacher’s college is now up at https://preacherscollege2018.eventbrite.com.
This week Dr. Jeffrey Arthurs discusses how preachers need to thrust their listeners into the furnace of their own earnestness. We have a National Preaching Conference coming up and early registration is available at https://npc2018.eventbrite.com. If you have any future topics you would like us to cover, please email us at preaching@gordonconwell.edu.
Please listen as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Drs. Jeffrey Arthurs, Matthew Kim, and Scott Gibson instruct preachers to Do a Preaching Check-Up.
This week Dr. Jeffrey Arthurs reflects on the fact that the Strange and Foreign isn’t Interesting, Only the Deeply Personal and Familiar. If you enjoy our podcast, please share it with five friends or family to help us out!
Please listen as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Drs. Jeffrey Arthurs, Matthew Kim, and Scott Gibson reflect about the proverb, The Tongue that Brings Healing is a Tree of Life.
This week Drs. Jeffrey Arthurs, Matthew Kim, and Scott Gibson advise to Share Your Pain.
This week Drs. Jeffrey Arthurs, Matthew Kim, and Scott Gibson share some words on how it is important to Preach with Urgency.
Please listen as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Drs. Jeffrey Arthurs, Matthew Kim, and Scott Gibson chat on the topic, A Sermon Should Be Big Because God is Big.
Please listen as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Drs. Jeffrey Arthurs, Matthew Kim, and Scott Gibson discuss how to Become a Border Crosser.
Please listen as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Drs. Jeffrey Arthurs, Matthew Kim, and Scott Gibson reflects about how to Stretch Your Imagination.
Please listen as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Drs. Jeffrey Arthurs, Matthew Kim, and Scott Gibson reflect about when preaching, Order Matters.
Merry Christmas and thank you for taking the time to listen to the Preaching Points podcast. Please join us as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week’s episode, we have Drs. Jeffrey Arthurs, Matthew Kim, and Scott Gibson discussing the importance of Being Creating at Christmas.
Welcome to Preaching Points, a weekly podcast from the Center for Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary to help preachers improve their preaching. This week Drs. Jeffrey Arthurs, Matthew Kim, and Scott Gibson share some words on how to Be Humble Before the Text.
Please listen as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Dr. Jeffrey Arthurs reflects about how we should Keep in Mind the Questions of the Decades.
This week Dr. Jeffery Arthurs shares some words on how Patient Instruction Build Faith. If you have any future topics you would like us to cover, please email us at preaching@gordonconwell.edu.
Please join us as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week’s episode, we have Dr. Jeffrey Arthurs discussing how to Lift Hearts with a Vision of the Truth. If you have any future topics you would like us to cover, please email us at preaching@gordonconwell.edu.
Each week we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, we have Drs. Scott Gibson, Jeffrey Arthurs, and Matthew Kim discussing how to be Robinson Relevant.
Each week we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, we have Drs. Scott Gibson, Jeffrey Arthurs, and Matthew Kim discussing how to Preach Simply.
Each week we spend a short amount of time with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Drs. Scott Gibson, Jeffery Arthurs, and Matthew Kim discuss how to preach but don’t be preachy.
Each week we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Drs. Scott Gibson, and Pablo Jimenez discuss about the importance competing with yourself and not against other preachers.
Join us as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Drs. Scott Gibson, and Pablo Jimenez discuss Tying yourself to the text.
Welcome to Preaching Points, a weekly podcast from the Center for Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary to help preachers improve their preaching. I’m your host Brian Hettinga. This week Drs. Scott Gibson and Pablo Jimenez discuss how to Preach with Integrity.
a.Thank you for joining us as we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week’s episode, we have guest speaker Dr. Pablo Jimenez, Associate Dean for the Hispanic Ministries Program. Dr. Scott Gibson will be discussing with our guest how to focus Your Sermon.
Each week we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Drs. Scott Gibson, and Matthew Kim discuss about how to keep preaching connected to pastoring.
Each week we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Drs. Scott Gibson, and Matthew Kim discuss about the importance of asking your listeners to pray for you as you preach.
Welcome to the Preaching Points podcast. Each week we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Drs. Scott Gibson, and Matthew Kim discuss about how preachers are learners.
Welcome to Preaching Points, a weekly podcast from the Center for Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary to help preachers improve their preaching. I’m your host Brian Hettinga. This week Drs. Scott Gibson, Jeffrey Arthurs, and Matthew Kim discusses how gestures need purpose.
Each week we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, we have Drs. Scott Gibson, Jeffrey Arthurs, and Matthew Kim discussing how redundancy reinforces preaching.
This week, Drs. Scott Gibson, and Matthew Kim, discuss about how it’s important to preach with outward focus preaching.
Each week we sit down with experienced preachers and teachers to provide brief homiletic reflections to help guide, shape, and improve your own preaching. This week, Drs. Scott Gibson, and Matthew Kim, discuss about how we preach either by exposition or imposition.
Welcome to Preaching Points, a weekly podcast from the Center for Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary to help preachers improve their preaching. This week Dr. Jeffrey Arthurs discusses how vivid language creates presence in preaching.