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Religion and Faith

Confrontation From the Pulpit

Posted on: 07/01/2011 11:05

I have been following another thread and a question has arisen for me and I don't want to derail the thread.

 

Is it the minister's mandate to be confrontational from the pulpit?

 

How about content - politics, issues, etc. Is there anything off bounds?

 

If there is a congregation of 50 . Do you preach to the 45 or do you preach to the 5 who are left or right of centre?

 

Should the congregation leave with hope or should they leave disgruntled?

 

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Church Life

Job Requirement: Cannot Suck at Preaching

Posted on: 05/27/2011 20:53

I came across this ad for one of our local radio stations. Part of the job description looks like this:

 

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Experience with administration, staff management, BBM, programming tools and effective resources are A-side. Flipping to the B-Side, this person cannot suck on-air and in fact win listeners and effectively model.

 

I wonder how that would look at part of the job description on a Joint Needs Assessment?

 

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Religion and Faith

Calling all preachers....

Posted on: 05/17/2009 19:09

Do you have any favorite websites you could share that you use in preparing your sermons ?  I am especially looking for good, scholarly, free bible commentary sites, but anything you'd recommend would be great.  Thanks.

Rishi


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The power of words

Posted on: 01/07/2009 12:04

This week, in the online clergy discussions in which I participate, we have been going back and forth about the use of words in sermon illustrations. It began when one pastor noted he had used the word "nigger" when telling a story *about* someone who had said it. *He himself* was not using the word, but was illustrating how racism continues, and wanted his congregation to sit up and take note.

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