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Breaking the Conversational Preaching Barrier
Conversational PreachingBreaking 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 of the challenges in previous posts (the first is here). Some of The Barriers The speaker and listener must have […]
Models of the Preaching Event
Conversational PreachingModels 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 of Communication Early books on communication give us images that maybe don’t quite fit […]
Learning To Communicate
Conversational PreachingLearning 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 born human beings begin a journey of learning to communicate our wants and needs. Jean Piaget was […]
Learning Conversational Preaching
Conversational PreachingLearning 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 powerfully in the Garden of Eden after he creates Adam and then Eve. We read in Genesis […]
Things To Remember In A First Person Sermon
first person preachingThings 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 to this subject. Remember To Identify the Purpose of the […]