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4 days ago · A Sermon for Every Sunday. Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, was one of the first preachers to record sermons for ASFES. He was still Bishop of North Carolina in those days, but was excited about this new project and its potential to help small churches that did not have or could not afford a regular preacher.
Mar 24, 2020 · April 5- Palm Sunday Isaiah 50:4-9a. Preaching to a camera or a livestream is no easy task, so before we dive into the text, let me say a few things from a preaching perspective. First, give yourself lots of grace. These are weird times, and no one can plan for this. Second, do the best you can with what you have.
Apr 27, 2017 · 1. Explain the text you read to them. Whether the congregation uses the lectionary, reads through a book of the Bible chapter by chapter, or lets the preacher pick the text, your job remains clear: When you preach a sermon, you need to take that text and bring them deeper into it. You may not be a great Bible scholar.
The Gospel’s Presentation of Palm Sunday. Mark. Mark 11:1—13:1 depicts Jesus entering and exiting the temple three times (11:11 [entry and exit]; 11:15 entry [11:19 exit]; 11:27 entry [13:1 exit]). Ironically, on the day of his so-called “triumphal” entry, nothing much actually happens. Jesus enters the temple, looks around, and leaves.
You are as familiar as I am with the long-standing debate about whether to preach “Palm Sunday” or “The Sunday of the Passion.”. I’d suggest not falling for this dichotomy and instead preach Jesus’ journey to the cross, a route that begins in the heights of the crowds’ adoration of Jesus during his triumphal entry and descends to ...
Mar 15, 2024 · Preaching Mission for Palm Sunday (March 24, 2024) (Youth from the Estamos Unidos Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, NC, helping to replace an old and rotten deck on the home of an elderly woman who lives near Sparta, NC) Sermon Text: Mark 11:1-11 (For this day, there is a lectionary option for reading Mark 14:1-15:47.
Mar 16, 2024 · Palm Sunday brings lessons on the purpose of church buildings, faith, heavenly versus human authority, following through after saying yes, and producing fruit. Let’s review them in Matthew 21. Palm Sunday. Christianity reveals God’s love. Pontius Pilate is a caricature of the failure of human governments.
