TALBOT DAVIS
Helping preachers be more productive in sermon prep and have more impact in message delivery.
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What Presidential Speechwriting Taught Me About Congregational Preaching
As you can see in the Books I Like section, I am currently reading White House Ghosts, a detailed history of presidential speechwriters from 1932...
Preaching For DECISION While Remembering MOTIVATION
As thrilling as it is to ensure that at least a moment in every sermon points to Christ and him crucified, it is even more so when sermons issue an...
Preaching For Applause?
While most Methodist churches refrain from all kinds of clapping — either the rhythmic kind during a praise song or the appreciative kind during a...
The Social Solitude Of Preaching
Preaching is an intensely solitary activity. Preaching is a thoroughly social exercise. Which is it? Solitary or social? Yes. My own process of...
Preaching And The Sacred Act Of Noticing
I am moved by the self-awareness of poet and memoirist Patricia Lockwood. Here’s how she words it in the best-selling Priestdaddy: I consider myself...
How To Say No To Notes
Preaching without notes is the opposite of “winging it.” In my case at least, it is the result of a highly personalized (OK, maybe even somewhat...
How Does Clarity in Church Mission Reinforce Clarity in Preaching?
Here is just about the highest accolade I can give to Will Mancini, church consultant, author, and founder of Auxano: my wife Julie ALWAYS says she...
Top Five Ways Preaching Is Like (And Even Unlike) Tennis
If you have spent any time in this space or if you know me personally, then you're probably aware that two of the strongest passions of my life are...
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Deliver sermons with clarity, passion, and boldness.
Simplify the Message: Multiply the Impact is designed to help preachers break through the noise of culture and the cauldron of church to deliver sermons with clarity, passion, and boldness.
Designed specifically to help:
- young preachers developing their skills who need structure, a process, and hope.
- more seasoned preachers who may have “settled” needing tools to invigorate their preparation and inspire their delivery
Paul told the Corinthians:
“When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I didn’t come preaching God’s secrets to you like I was an expert in speech or wisdom. I had made up my mind not to think about anything while I was with you except Jesus Christ, and to preach him as crucified.” (I Corinthians 2:1-2, CEB)
Author Talbot Davis shares the insights and habits that will empower the reader’s preaching and teaching to be:
• Both creative and disciplined;
• Both carefully prepared and thoroughly spontaneous; and
• Both rooted in history and connected to modernity.
Simple is the opposite of simplistic. Sermons with clear & unmistakable focus are best able to plumb the depths not only of Gospel beauty but of the hearers’ lives.
