The Pulpiteers

Narrative passages have their own voice, flavor and style. Handling them properly is a craft in itself. Take a listen to the breakdown in this episode.

Please leaving your church can have an impact in many different ways. Take a listen as we look how this can impact preaching and how to work through it.

Hard for the one in charge to hear someone does not like what they are doing. Especially when they feel like what they are doing is a calling from God. The crew breaks it down this week on how to stomach words of truth and words of rubbish.

What do you do when the loud parts of life interrupt your message??

This week we look at best practices for preparing for that weekend sermon deadline!

The fellas break down the different responses following a sermon: To Know, To Believe, To Do/Do not, To Feel or To Experience something. Take a moment to listen to how effectively each of these can give charge to the end of a message as well as present the Gospel.

Sometimes our messages don't always feel like home runs, holes in one, OT winners, Final Boss Beating, or whatever your proverbial metaphor may be. The guys drop some wisdom on how to leave it in past and press forward to the next one in our latest Toolbox.

Sometimes external factors and results have us questioning our deepest decisions. How do put our calling into the context of these questions?

As a preacher, do you fall prey to this common mistake? Check out what it is, and how to avoid it.

This month we are dropping a targeted & timely Toolbox Episode. We have put together some background information and notes on the events surrounding Holy Week. Please feel free to use this to supplement your own research as you work toward Easter Sunday

This month we continue the discussion on the diverse benefits and challenges that make up ministry in the rural setting.

In our sermons, how do we connect and identify with the stories and writings of the Biblical authors? It's done through the power of a great illustration. The team breaks it all down with this month's Toolbox episode.

We discuss the AGTS Rural Initiative project with its director Travis Spencer. Specifically how to reignite the local church as a center of hope, assistance and community in rural settings.

Humor - an effective tool or one that dilutes the Gospel?

This month Bob climbs down from the soapbox - and hits us with some...Encouragement!? You are not alone, nor invincible - Be encouraged and be faithful!

This month's episode take's to as one scholar calls it - "The Prequel to the New Testament." Join us as we look at the Old Testament and it's needed value among Pentecostal Traditions.

They're like Goldilocks around here this week - Is the sermon too long? Is the Sermon too short? It's gotta be juuuuust right! But...what is that and what factors determine it? Listen for the breakdown.

It was only a matter of time before Bob picked a fight with AI. Check out this month's rant...before it is mysteriously deactivated.

Dr. Sharp serves as the Secretary/Treasurer of the Alabama District Council. His experience is diverse. Following a focus on computer programming, he was called to deeper undertaking into ministry. This month's discussion hits home with a conversation on the local pastor and their role as theologian and truth bringer.

Being the last thing your listeners, parishioners, congregation will hear, the conclusion needs a specific focus when preparing. Listen as Bob & Jason break it down in this month's Preacher's Toolbox.

A Spirit Driven Theology vs. the Pragmatic/Practical Approach --- The Head vs. The Heart? Are they at odds when it comes to preaching? Dr. Bob has some thoughts!

Dr. Millen brings her diverse ministerial experience and her seasoned tenure as a church historian to the podcast. In this conversation we focus on how the church, especially those born out of a Pentecostal tradition, can benefit from an understanding that what we find foundational, we have inherited.

Visual presentation has become a consistent part of sermon delivery as the exegetical preparation...and for some...even more! Are they really helping? Are they a distraction? Are they a barrier to the message? Who prepares them? Are people watching the screens and not making a connection with the message/speaker? Take a listen as the guys talk it out!

Did Dr. Eby just tell us to stop studying the Bible? He did and has some great thoughts on why he would say something so absurd!

The Pulpiteers discuss the increasingly smaller and smaller pool size of potential pastoral candidates. With the Assemblies of God showing a recent growth in its constituency, the need for pastors and leaders has become a striking realization. Listen as Dr. Schneider, the outgoing District Superintendent of Illinois, discusses how they are attempting to tackle the issue at hand.