Art Of Preaching

Mike Ballard serves at Trinity Baptist Church in Apopka, Fl as the Student Pastor. He has over 15 years of experience serving students. He oversees student ministry and he is the chaplain for their private school. Mike and I met for the first time at Super Summer, Fl. Super Summer is a camp held every [...]

This week, I interview Jonathan Williams from Wilcrest Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. I had the opportunity to take men from our church to a retreat earlier this year and Jonathan was the key preacher for the weekend. After spending the weekend hearing his heart, I knew that I had to get him on the Art [...]

Show Notes In this episode, I interview DR. Chris Bonts from Harvest Bible Chapel in Jupiter, FL. Chris speaks about his transition from the SBC to Harvest Bible Chapel. Information on Church planting with Harvest The first Christian book Chris ever read: Power in the Pulpit How far in advance do you plan? One year preaching [...]

Ryan Rouse missionary & director of Cabaret Haiti Mission Prior to going to Haiti, they started a homeless ministry in their backyard in Jacksonville, Fl. Ryan and his wife Stacie now live in Cabaret Haiti. After ministering to the homeless in Jacksonville, they became aware that God was calling them to minister to the least [...]

Pastor Appreciation... In the American church, the month of October has become Pastor Appreciation month. Some churches focus on the entire month and some pick a particular day. In this episode I (Don Spivey) make a couple of observations regarding Pastor Appreciation: How awkward it makes me feel Which generation was more prone to write a [...]

Notes From Episode 1 Books Mentioned in this episode Grasping God’s word: Duval and Hayes Nesalaunt 27th edition greek text Expository Preaching by Bryan Chapel Radical David Platt Taking the text, picking it apart, and then step back out of it and look at the broad systematic theology around it. Topical = one off sermon [...]

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