Art of the Sermon
“Art of the Sermon” is a show for preachers, teachers, and communicators. My aim is to make a show for leaders in ministry–formally or informally, inside or outside the church–who have an interest in preaching/public speaking and church communication. The primary format for this show is the interview. This allows us to engage with a wide-range of guests on many different aspects of preaching, teaching, and communication. While many of the guests are pastors and preachers, I also believe it is important to learn from those outside the profession of preaching who have something to teach us.
Episodes
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Guest: Clay Scroggins - Lead Pastor of Buckhead Church (Atlanta, GA)
Intro to Clay Scroggins (0:45)
Philosophy of preaching (3:56)
Role o...
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Topic: Permission to Go Short This Advent
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Topic: Responding to Negative Feedback
Michael Bierut and negative feedback (0:09)
Michael's response (1:52)
Acknowledge that the fee...
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Topic: Inside Out - A sermon based on the concepts in Simon Sinek's "Start With Why"
3 Year Anniversary (0:09)
Intro to "I...
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Guest: Abby Norman - Pastor of New Hope United Methodist Church (Atlanta, GA)
Intro to Abby Norman (0:41)
Abby's story (2:09)
Why is ...
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Topic: Overcoming Anxiety in Sermon Planning and Writing
The anxiety of planning and writing sermons (0:10)
Plan ahead (2:49)
Match your planning to...
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Topic: The 3 Arcs
Welcome back (0:10)
Narrative Arc (3:28)
Emotional Arc (8:05)
Rhythmic Arc (14:30)
Arcs across series (18:44)
...
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Guest: Austin Channing Brown - Author, writer, and speaker
Introduction to Austin (0:35)
How and why Austin started work in racial reconcilia...
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Topic: Better Church Announcements
Important Announcement (0:09)
Church Announcements (4:12)
- Use more channels (5:39)
- Make the channe...
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Topic: Secrets of a Top 5 TED Talk
Intro (0:13)
Feeling comfortable (1:41)
But not too comfortable (4:09)
Passion plus familiarity (5:50)
Focu...
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Guest: Rev. Matt Miofsky - Lead Pastor of The Gathering (St. Louis, MO)
Assessing preaching success and failure (0:32)
Success goes to the he...
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Guest: Rev. Matt Miofsky - Lead Pastor of The Gathering (St. Louis, MO)
Introduction to Matt (0:35)
Why The Gathering grew early (3:26)
Philosophy o...
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Guest: David Van Biema - Author, Former Head Religion Writer for Time
Introduction to David (1:22)
Writing about prayer (2:35)
Philosophy...
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Guest: Rev. Justin Coleman - Lead Pastor, University United Methodist Church (Chapel Hill, NC)
Introduction to Justin (0:47)
Philosophy of co...
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Guest: Robert Carnes - Author, Managing Editor for the Orange Group (Atlanta, GA)
General Topic: Elements for Storytelling
Introduction to Ro...
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Topic: Choosing How to Begin Sermons
Introduction (0:13)
1 - Compelling preachers are interesting—even when the content is not (3:41)
2 -...
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Guest: Brent Gambrell - Author, President of Brent Gambrell Ministries (Nashville, TN)
General Topic: Living for Another
Introduction to Bren...
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In October 2017, this podcast celebrated its 2-year anniversary! Thank you all so much for listening and supporting the show for the last two years!
On t...
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Guest: Ryan O'Neal, Songwriter and Musician (Sleeping At Last)
General Topic: Songwriting and the Art of Christmas
Introduction to Ryan (...
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Guest: Andrew Root - Author, Theologian, and Professor at Luther Seminary (St. Paul, MN)
General Topic: The Grace of Dogs
Introduction to And...
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