Your Voice is an Instrument – Preach like It
In this post, we will continue our discussion of Charles Adams’ 9 suggestions to preachers that Teresa Fry Brown reported on page 164 and 165 of her book Weary Throats and New Songs.
Author: Sherman Haywood Cox II
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Preachers must Protect the Voice
We continue looking at Teresa Fry Brown’s description of Charles Adams’ lecture on preaching found on page 164 and 165 of her book Weary Throats and New Songs.
Don’t Apologize for the Message
Teresa Fry Brown has written up notes to a lecture delivered by Charles Adams. These notes can be found on page 164 and 165 of her book Weary Throats and New Songs. How to deliver sermons was the subject of the lecture. The second point that Brown brought out was to “never apologize for the sermon.”
Avoiding a Dull Sermon
Dr. Charles Adams presented a class entitled “Preaching, Black and White.” During one of the lectures he gave some “do’s and don’ts.” Teresa Fry Brown wrote up notes from that lecture on page 164 and 165 of her book Weary Throats and New Songs.
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I invite you all to head on over to the Reflections of a Jazz Theologian website. The web minister of that website is exploring the use of Jazz as a metaphor for understanding Christianity. The posts are often enlightening and powerful. He has a book coming out soon entitled: Finding the Groove.
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I really love the website Biblical Preaching. Peter Mead always has a nugget that can be helpful to the preacher. Currently he has written a couple of posts on the subject of closing the sermon.
Principles of Closing the Sermon
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Audio 27 – The Sermons of the Black Church
What are the sermons that are preached in the Black church? In this audio we discuss three of the types of sermons that are operative in the Black church.
Great Preaching – The Henry Mitchell Method
Henry Mitchell’s book Celebration and Experience in Preaching provides 2 very important sermonic structural components that can guide the preacher in structuring Black Sermons. The first component is celebration.
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What are five things you need in a sermon? Poor sermons break one of these important components of sermon construction and presentation.
Audio 25 – Whooping with Integrity
I was listening to a preacher who tried to use a “whoop” to hide his lack of preparation. In this audio I give a few principles for whooping with integrity. If a preacher follows these principles he or she will be on the way to not just whoop, but whoop with integrity.
On-line Learning – Biblical Courses without Tuition Fees
Do you want to gain access to seminary and Bible school level education online? There are a number of inexpensive options. However, there are also some completely free options. For example, why not try the Biblical Training website or Theology.edu
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Learning to Preach – Books to Help You
[amazon cover 0800629973]One of the most frequently asked questions that new preachers ask is where is a book to help me learn to preach? There are actually tons of such books. I have written on this question in the past on this website as well as another one. Even though that is true, I will take it up again in this article. I think that an African American Preacher needs a few resources to help them to preach.
General Introduction to Preaching Book
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Audio 23 – Five Techniques to Generate Sermon Ideas
You need an idea for your sermon. You are not sure where to start. You are in the midst of “Preacher’s Block.” Here Pastor Cox gives 5 techniques to use to generate sermon ideas.
Preaching with Imagination
[amazon cover 0801057574]One of the important components of effective preaching is to help the congregation experience the sermon in as many sense as possible, not just hear the sermon. This book by Warren Wiersbe entitled Preaching and Teaching with Imagination provides an apologetic for using the imagination in preaching.
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