I'm a little embarrassed to admit it. This week's sermon is named after a Foreigner song. A bad one at that (though, c'mon, "good Foreigner song" is a bit of an oxymoron). "I Want To Know What Love Is." Bad song. Yet I think it's a good message. Because I John is...
This past weekend, over 200 Good Shepherd students and volunteers ventured to nearby Crowder's Ridge Camp for their annual Winter Retreat. The theme was "Called." One of the most significant moments of the weekend included a guided journey through the Prayer Chapel in...
Can I tell you about a sermon in which I recovered my voice? There was a season in the life of Good Shepherd, stretching from, say 2007 – 2010, in which I had learned the technique of a one point sermon. So that was progress. However, during that same time I had...
Last Tuesday, the book Simplify The Message; Multiply The Impact officially "dropped." Then this Tuesday -- otherwise known as today -- the website www.simplifythemessage.com goes "live." For the last several years, that space had been www.talbotdavis.com. But with...
Yesterday was a good day. First, Simplify The Message; Multiply The Impact had its official release. Second, I was able to celebrate that release by leading a Simplify The Message Workshop in Asheboro, North Carolina, for thirty-one United Methodist pastors eager to...
Today is the day. Simplify The Message; Multiply The Impact officially releases. Drops. Debuts. Sells. Whatever the verb, today is the day it goes official. I've had my "author copies" for a couple of weeks and this is the day for wider distribution. Here are five...
Yesterday's message ... Embodied no little bit of irony. Two days before the official release of "Simplify The Message; Multiply The Impact," a book for all practical purposes on designing and delivering one point sermons, my sermon yesterday featured four ......