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Tag Archives: preaching
Sermon: A New Crew
Stories About Athletes Who Messed Up Screw-ups, blunders, bloopers, errors, mess ups, or mistakes; whatever you call them, sports are full of them. However, there are some screw-ups that rise above the rest. Some so embarrassing that they live forever … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 disciples, blockheads, blunderers, boneheads, botchers, bozos, bumblers, Chris Ayers, Christian community, clods, dimwits, disciples, dumbbells, dunces, featherbrains, fools, goofballs, hare brains, idiots, ignoramuses, imperfection, incompetents, infallibilty, John 20:19-22, Keystone Cops, Keystone Kops, kooks, nincompoops, ninnies, nitwits, numbskulls, oafs, perfection, post-resurrection appearances, preaching, Rev. Dr. Chris Ayers, screwing up, sermon, sports bloopers, The Three Stooges, Wedgewood Church
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I Like Jesus More Than I Thought I Did
At Wedgewood we try to learn from all religions and do not focus on the superiority of Christianity or superiority of Jesus. To us, the most important categories are: God, human being, creation, and earth. That said, we do spend … Continue reading
Posted in Bible/Theology
Tagged Abject Bodies in the Gospel of Mark, Christian, Christianity, Jesus, liberal Christianity, Manuel Villalobos Mendoza, perfection, preaching, religion, Rev. Dr. Chris Ayers, sermon, sinless, superiority of Christianity, Wedgewood Church, world religions
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Jesus Comics: Ben Franklin
Posted in Jesus Comics
Tagged Be ye doers of the word, Christianity, faith in action, Jesus, Jesus Comics, preaching, Rev. Dr. Chris Ayers
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Yawning: Very Bad News For Preachers
Bad news for preachers. Very bad news. Yawning starts in the womb. ”Past studies have used ultrasound images to show fetuses yawning, but some scientists have argued real yawns were getting confused with fetuses simply opening their mouths. So Nadia … Continue reading
Posted in This and That/Grab Bag
Tagged fetal yawning, homiletics, Nell Greenfield Boyce, NPR, preaching, When Fetuses Yawn In The Womb, yawning
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How Many Preachers Does Your Church Have? (I’m guessing not nearly enough.)
This morning at Wedgewood we heard 2 incredible sermons, one preached by Rev. Delbridge Narron and the other preached by my wife, Vicky Ayers. I also preached a sermon. At Wedgewood a sermon can be 5 minutes 8 minutes, 10 minutes … Continue reading
hackneyed – Today’s Word (Vocab Builder – Not To Be Confused With Word of God)
hackneyed(adj.) unoriginal, trite (A preacher can only hear “Good sermon, preacher” so many times before it begins to sound hackneyed and meaningless.)
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Tagged good sermon preacher, hackneyed, homiletics, preacher, preaching, sermon
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Enervate –
Enervate (v.) to weaken, exhaust (Long sermons enervate me so much that after 20 minutes I have to get up and leave the sanctuary.)
Posted in Today's Word (Vocab Builder)
Tagged enervate, long sermons, preaching, sermon, Today's Word, vocab builder
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“When Is He Going To Start Preaching?” – Overhearing the Gospel
“When is he going to start preaching?” complained an elderly African-American woman to her friend sitting beside her. A few minutes later the other woman commented, “I don’t think he’s ever going to start preaching.” Wedgewood Church was having a … Continue reading
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Tagged Antioch Baptist Church, Fred Craddock, homiletics, Overhearing the Gospel, preaching, sermons, Wedgewood Church
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The Best Training A Future Preacher Could Get
When I was in the seventh grade Mr. Charles Bobbitt asked me if I would be willing to play the piano at Cherry Manor Nursing Home on Sunday mornings. Not being crazy about Sunday School, and not wanting to waste … Continue reading