PulpitTalk
Crafting sermons that effectively communicate the Word of God is an immensely important task - at times a great joy, at others a great challenge. Even the most experienced preachers occasionally run dry or struggle to breathe life into the weekly message.
PulpitTalk is designed to give you a fresh look at sermon preparation and the tools to preach the Scriptures with clarity and power.
A lively and thought-provoking quarterly audio journal by the Center for Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Seminary, PulpitTalk lets you listen to sermons, learn from faculty critiques, gain new insights on the elements of effective sermons, hear from master preachers on their own sermon preparations…and much more.
In your study or in your car, you can glean new ideas and receive new perspective from preaching experts with a common passion: to share biblical truth in ways that reach hearts and change lives.
Volume 10
Fall 2011 - Preaching and the Marketplace - As preachers, we know that for our listeners Sunday’s world is different from Monday’s world. How do we make what we preach on Sunday relevant to what people do on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and the rest of the week? Our goal with this Pulpit Talk is to underscore the importance of preaching to our listeners about their work and to provide some practical advice on how to make our sermons on Sunday extend to the marketplace on Monday.
Resources from the Mockler Center for Workplace Ethics:
Workplace Research and Writings
"Mockler Pledge" for Pastoral Ministry
"Mockler Pledge" for Workplace Discipleship
Winter 2012 - Preaching Wisdom - The Bible is filled with a variety of literary genres… from narrative to poetry to epistles and more... each genre of Scripture presents unique characteristics and challenges that we, as preachers, must take into consideration. With this issue of Pulpit Talk, we want to explore the genre of Wisdom Literature and how we can communicate its truth to our listeners.
Resources on Preaching Wisdom Literature:
Old Testament Exegesis by Doug Stuart
Preaching with Variety by Jeff Arthurs
Preaching Proverbs by Alyce McKenzie
The Book of Proverbs (NICOT) by Bruce Waltke
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, & Song of Songs (NAC) by Duane Garrett
Preaching Christ from Ecclesiastes by Sidney Greidanus
Coming soon...
Spring 2012 - Preaching and Ethics with Dr. Dennis Hollinger
Summer 2012 - Preaching and Discipleship
