Craddock Dr. Fred Craddock on Storytelling in Sermons The Rev. Dr. Fred Craddock is known throughout the church as a master preacher and mentor of preachers. The Bandy Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, he is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). For the Festival of Homiletics [...]
Dr. Fred Craddock on Sermon Preparation
The Rev. Dr. Fred Craddock is known throughout the church as a master preacher and mentor of preachers.
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Confined: Christmas Sermon 2011 At Patterson Avenue Baptist, Richmond, Virginia
Here’s the good news for this Christmas day: “Jesus Christ, the human Son of God, is born into this world captive to all the things that bind and restrict us. Then, in our place and on our behalf, he escapes one confinement after another. In the process he opens us up into an ever-increasing and irreversible freedom. Because of what he has accomplished – in life, death, and resurrection – we have been set free.
Legacy
Every day in so many ways, we are trying to create our sense of value and worth. We engage in so many building plans to establish our Legacy. The message of the gospel is that our building programs mean nothing. God has establish His legacy in Christ – and we are included in that in Christ.
The Meaning of Christmas – with help from Linus
Linus Christmas Monologue from Peanuts-A Charlie Brown Christmas. Linus tells us ”what Christmas is all about”. Even though people around the world celebrate Christmas on December 25, that was probably not the actual day on which Jesus was born. Many scholars believe that Jesus was more likely to have been born in September. But the [...]
Narrative Sermons (Video and Article)
OUTLINING SERMONS- Narrative–018 The easiest and most effective sermons are narrative sermons or stories. This lecture teaches you how to outline your narrative sermons by outlining blocks of thought instead of facts. The Narrative Sermon With the narrative sermon the preacher uses storytelling to bring out the word of God. The preacher takes a story [...]
T’was Two Weeks Before Christmas (Video and Text)
Included in this blog is a link to watch the video promo for worship at Patterson Avenue Baptist Church. I am including these as TWO file to watch. Might edit them together later. I am also included the text for the entire sermon. I noticed that it is easier to work through a mental block [...]
Light a Candle – Video Sermon
Do you remember the “Hee-Haw” variety show? One of my favorite scenes each week was when a couple of fellows in a field started to sing: “Gloom, despair, and agony on me – Deep dark depression, excessive misery. “If it weren’t for bad luck – “I’d have no luck at all, “Gloom, depair, and agony [...]
Lavish Love – Audio & Video
The Sunday sermon at The Patterson Avenue Baptist Church on November 20, 2011, was based on Ephesians 1:15-23. The title of the sermon is “Lavish Love.” If you would like to watch the sermon, you are invited to CLICK THIS LINK NOW! The link will open a new window and you see a neat intro followed [...]
