Preachers Meeting: Course Seven Week 1 Roger's Topics

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Course Seven Week 1 Roger's Topics

11 comments:

roger said...: Hello to everyone, my name is Roger Dutton I attend Unity Free Will Baptist Church, it is located in West Frankfort Il. I serve as a deacon and have attended Unity for seven years. Praise the Lord!!!!; April 2, 2009 at 5:26 PM
roger said...: I will be reading Phillip Yancey's book titled "The Bible Jesus Read". It is a study of some of the Old Testament Books such as Deuteronomy, Psalms,Ecclesiastes, and some of the Prophets and also the book of Job. Chapter one is titled "Is The Old Testament Worth The Effort". Hey Corey!!!!; April 2, 2009 at 5:31 PM
Dr. Randy Carney said...: Hi, Bro. Roger,

Welcome back!; April 2, 2009 at 7:46 PM
roger said...: Hey Bro. Randy, Thanks for your greeting, I'm glad and thankful to be back. God Bless!!; April 3, 2009 at 8:05 AM
roger said...: Chapter one of "The Bible Jesus Read", by Phillip Yancey talks about how laboring it is to read through the Old Testament, and some of the history that took place, some of the people involved, and the places where the Old Testament takes place, the title again of chapter one is " Is the Old Testament Worth the Effort?",after reading this chapter the importance of the Old Testament is undeniable, this really was the bible Jesus read! Mr. Yancey talks about the knowledge of the old book is fading fast, the church has even been lax in teaching the fundamentals of the Old Testament, Mr. Yancey quickly identifies with the importance of the writings because they were "God breathed" inspirations as well as the New Testament, not to mention "foundational". When the storms of life come they will test our foundations,so is it worth the effort? Praise the Lord; April 3, 2009 at 8:32 AM
Tyler Owens said...: Hey, Roger. The book that you are reading is very good. I read it for one of my courses. I found myself wondering some of the same things that the author had. If you are like me, you will finish this book with a greater love for the Old Testament than you ever have.; April 3, 2009 at 5:59 PM
sremery said...: Good Morning Roger! I agree with Tyler, the book you have is a good one. Yancey has a way of making reading easy. It has some good insights on the OT. Maybe its just the way I was brought up in church, but I have always liked the OT. I have talked to people that say they dont read the OT. I find myself suprised when they say that, I dont want to sound judgmental, but man are they missing some good stuff!; April 4, 2009 at 7:56 AM
Corey G. said...: I am happy to be here Roger, and happy that God has shown me abit more of how he can use me. And being the youngest person(I am aware of) doing this its kind of attimidating. Best of luck to you, and God bless.; April 4, 2009 at 6:46 PM
roger said...: Will a preacher pastor? Scriptually the answer is "no". According to Ephesians 4:11 " And he gave some apostles,and some prophets,and some evangelist,and some pastors and teachers; all for the perfecting of the saints". I have struggled with discovering my spiritual gift or gifts, and this issue must be a struggle for all who are called to the ministry.; April 6, 2009 at 7:43 AM
roger said...: Mr. Yancey, talks about the company God keeps, I'm glad he is patient with us and does not write us off after we have messed up and sometimes messed up big,praise God for his "all knowing nature", and for being able to see what we can be in him. Thank you Lord!!!; April 6, 2009 at 7:51 AM
Dr. Randy Carney said...: Bro. Roger, I gave my take on that over in Tyler's area where you first asked the question.

When you said, "no," I took it to mean that a preacher will not necessarily pastor.

In the Sripture you quoted, "And he gave some apostles,and some prophets,and some evangelist,and some pastors and teachers; all for the perfecting of the saints," it's interesting that preacher could have done any one of those. However, I agree that a preacher will not necessarily always eventually become a pastor.; April 6, 2009 at 3:24 PM

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You will notice some posts below that relate to various topics of discussion by our online community of preachers.

One of the purposes of Preachers' Meeting is to provide a place for young ministers or those recently called to preach to interact around the principles in a course of study recommended by our local group of preachers in the Southern Illinois area.

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Weekly Requirements

Here is a review of the general requirements for each week.

You have three assignments each week

(1) Make at least two initial posts in your posting area. The first one will be the name of the course, and the names (or numbers of the DVD's) of the chapters or lectures you will be covering during the week. The second one will be a comment on one of those chapters. You will receive one point for getting the first post in on Tuesday or Wednesday. You will also get a point for getting at least one more initial post in.

(2) Go to your fellow student's posting areas, and ask them a question or make comments about their intial posts. You will recieve one point for completing this assignment before 12:00 a.m. on Friday morning (that would be before midnight on Thursday).

(3) Answer the questions asked.

(4) On Fridays, I will also give directions for making remaining posts during the week. Be sure and read those, and take them into account when making at least one of your remaining posts.

In all, we want to make at least nine posts during the week. You will receive points for that as follows:

9 or more posts - 12 points

6-8 posts - 10 points

3-5 posts - 6 points

1-2 posts - 3 points

You will have the extra points you had accumulated by getting things in on time. Those are bonus points that will be used only to move your grade closer to 100 if you need them. They will be awarded each week if needed to move your grade up to 12 for the week. If you do not need them for that week, they will be carried over to the next week(s). Remember the posts that count for points will be at least three sentences long.

Thoughts on Application

Roger gave some good thoughts on application:

"Chapter 75, titled: 'Apply Within' is a lesson in application. The writer explains why it is sometimes difficult applying a sermon to real life situations. I will list some of the reasons application is not applied to our lives.

"First it is "hard work", it is hard to find application to every situation in the congregation,

"second, is wrong assumptions, assuming the audience is able to apply any and all biblical truths is totally a wrong assumption,

"third, is fear, fear of being to deep or to simplistic in the text and failing at application, and then there is training or lack thereof,

"many preachers know the text, and the history and the order of things but are totally untrained in application. One gentleman said it this way," how can you be a good football player when you can pass the ball, or when you can kick the ball, or when you can run with the ball but you don't know the rules of the game."

Marriage Seminar

If you live in the souther Illinois area, we would like to invite you to a Couples' Marriage Enrichment Seminar on Saturday, February 27. It starts at 6:00 p.m and will run to 9:00 p.m.

After the welcome, there will be a dinner. Then there will be an opening session, followed by two breakout sessions, then a short closing.

The Keynote Speaker is Dr. Randy Carney (That's me :)!) and Roger and Janet Dutton will be speaking during the breakout sessions (That's Roger, who is commenting on this blog during this term!). Randy and Rhonda (my wife!) Carney will also have a breakout session discussing "Keys to Marital Bliss."

The Keynote Address will be on the topic of "The Way to a Successful Marriage: The Shocking and Surprising Truth."

Roger and Janet will be talking about "Hope for Restoring your marriage."

The cost is $15.00 per couple and that includes a dinner and all seminar materials. A nursery and childcare will be available. (Please indicate that you need these services when you register.) A book table with resources from Handfuls on Purpose Christian Bookstore will be available.

The seminar is for couples of all ages, ranging from newlyweds to marriage veterans!

To register, call 618-627-2228 to let the church know how may will be attending. Payment can be made at the event. (Make checks to TFBC.) For more information, call the church at 618-627-2228.

The Greatest Love

Since Valentine's Day falls on Sunday this year, I imagine there will be a ton of sermons going out on the topic of love.

Paul talked about love and respect in marriage (Ephesians 5), but he was really saying that that was an illustration of the relationship between Christ and the church.

Christ
Left Heaven to come to this earth.
He
Overcame adversity while here. He even conquered death!
He
Valued mankind so much that He gave Himself on the cross.
He desires fellowship with us. He reconciled the world to Himself, so that people could have an
Intimate realtionship with Him.
He meets all of our
Needs.
He is the supreme example of
Giving.

Do you see the word, LOVING, there? That is what He is--our LOVING Savior! Because of that, we should love one another.

Connecting with Postmoderns

This is something most preachers do every Sunday. If you have young unchurched visitors in your church, you will be trying to reach postmoderns. Even some of your church youth are more influenced by postmodernism than by their previous Sunday school teaching.

Here is my reply to one of Roger's posts:

"Roger, what tips stand out to you for commecting with postmoderns? I think the term modern referred to an age in history that related to new thoughts in science, etc. (If I am off base, refresh my memory.) Post modern refers to the time following that era. Connecting with postmoderns is something you have to do, whether you realize it or not, almost every time you preach."

I will post some of his answers here if he sees the question in time.

Preaching--Proclamation of God's Word

Preaching, by one definition, is the proclamation of God's Word. As such, a person, can take the Scriptural passage and find some of its main points and emphasize those points.

While I believe we should learn all we can about the grammatical construction of the words of Scripture, and that we should learn all we can about the historical setting for when those words were originally spoken; the nice thing about proclaiming the Word is that you can just take what the text says and emphasize it. Then the Word will not return void.

People with all different types of backgrounds have been called to preach throughout the centuries. Some very "unlearned" (as the world would put it) men have had great results by simply taking the main ideas of Scripture and simply emphasizing them. As long as we do not twist the meaning, this simply shows the amazing power of the Word of God.