What makes a psalm a wisdom psalm?  In the final episode of Communication in Ministry, my wife Claire joins the show to discuss a recent lesson she taught on Psalm 19, a wisdom psalm.  Claire gives us the run down on her lesson, plus we hear from Producer Cooper what he thought of the lesson as well.  Claire also gives her take on the upcoming Andor series. 

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What's the difference between preaching and teaching?  What role does creativity and imagination play in the Bible teaching process?  What role does lecturing play in teaching or should teaching be more discussion based?  In this episode, I discuss how to creatively teach the Bible no matter the age group.  I walk through one of my outlines on a lesson I taught on Psalm 132 as an illustration how someone could teach Scripture to students.  

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What makes you sad? What beats you down? Are you a teen or know a teen that is struggling in their mental health?  In today's episode I share a lesson I taught at our church's youth group on the topic of depression. Trigger warning, sensitive topics like suicide and depression do come up in this episode. 

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So far in this class we have discussed the standard evangelical, three point sermon style of preaching.  There is, however, an entirely different way to approach preaching and teaching in a church, one that uses liturgy and preaching from the Revised Common Lectionary.  In this episode, Parish Pastor Will Rose joins me to discuss what it is like following the church calendar and have passages assigned each week to read and preach from.  We talk about everything from what it is like preaching through the entire Bible every three years, how to handle burnout when things feel repetitive, and what Will thought of Thor: Love and Thunder! 

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What is a hymn?  How does a church hymn differ from a hymn in the Psalms?  What is an often overlooked tool when we worship?  All of this and more in today's sermon on Psalm 8.  

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Friends, Christians, podcasters, lend me your ears.  In this episode I recap the history of My Seminary Life, talk about what has changed over the past year and almost half, and give vision for what the pivot will look like to keep this show going.  

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Sorry! Had producer issues this past week, so to make up for it, please accept this rather late episode featuring a sermon I preached on Colossians 3:18-4:1.  A lot of times, sermons and books on marriage boil it down to men just needing to merely be present and wives just need to love their failure of a husband like Jesus would.  We need to stand upon the authoritative Word of God for what marriage, the home, and even the workplace is suppose to look like.  In this sermon, I also discuss the word "submission" and slavery.  It is a hot bed of topics!  

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In today's episode, I share the sermon I had to preach for Communication in Ministry.  Romans 8:31-39 is all about how there are no limits to God's love for us.  In this passage we see that there are three reasons why, and I invite you to find out by listening!  Feel free to drop a line at the show's email to let me know if you have any feedback on the sermon, or if your church is in need of pulpit supply. 

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A minister spends several hours a week studying and outlining their sermon, but only a few hours every year working on how they communicate.  In this episode I discuss how that is not okay; that ministers need to spend just as much time working on how they communicate.  The Holy Spirit does the work, but that does not excuse us to be dry and boring in the pulpit.  Let the text communicate for itself.  

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So, how do you do this preaching thing? In this episode I walk through two standard outlines that preachers follow when writing their sermons.  I also go over the basics of studying to prep for a sermon, and offer thoughts on how we can better view our pastor when they are preaching so we can stay more in tune with the message.  

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