Enduring Churches Podcast with Alan and Trent

7 Lessons Learned While Preaching a Doctrinal Sermon Series

 

1. We need to stretch my study muscles more often.
2. We have a need to be continual learners.
3. Doctrines include a lot of repetition and common foundations.
4. Application and illustrations are hard for doctrinal sermons.
5. People know less than one would think about doctrine.
6. It's okay to not answer every question. Creating curiosity is important.
7. Run your preaching plan by trusted sources.

A Missions Mindset Makes a Difference

 

Missions are not an excuse to not be on mission. Missions do not negate our own community's needs. Missions can build a stronger sense of missional activity in the lives of church members.   Cultivating the Missions Mindset   1. Develop an Acts 1:8 culture and mindset (Jerusalem, Judea, uttermost parts all at the same time) and an "as you go" evangelism strategy (Matthew 10:7-14, 28:18-20)   2. Present mission opportunities every month.   3. Find ways to minister in your own community.   4. Take your church on family mission trips.   5. Pray regularly that God will call missionaries from your church.   6. Encourage people to live in the same way the act while doing missions.

Episode106: Curious Statements that Make More Sense

 

"A dull pencil is better than a sharp mind." - Keith Wiginton point, don't trust your memory   "Teamwork makes the dream work." - John Maxwell you can't do it all   "Nothing good comes from tarnishing a hero." -Higgins in Magnum PI be careful when you want to talk badly about someone. not always true, but good practical sense   “The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.” -- John Stott prayer and trust   "A dog can whoop a skunk but its not worth the fight." - Trent's conference pick your battles wisely - you may be right but it may not be worth the stink   "If everything is important, then nothing is important." - Patrick Lencioni simplicity

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Episode 105: Familiar Spirits 

 

Do you deal with the same problem in your church again and again.  If so - you have what scripture calls a familiar spirit.  Not the Holy Spirit - but an unholy spirit.

 

 

What are you dealing with? Gossip backbiting Anger division Negativity Ephesians 6:11-13   11Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore take up the full armor of God. . .     How did they get to be part of our church?     How do we deal with those familiar unholy spirits.   Pray for God's powerful presence. Don't normalize the enemy's playbook. Model the right behavior. Address the issue directly and lovingly. Replace the negative with the positive. Be vigilant.

Episode 104: The Fences of Accountability

 

1. Fraud or double life?
2. Do we discount his whole ministry
3. How do we protect our ministry and family

• Accountability is very important
• Set up checks and balances ahead of time
• Honesty is the only way to fix it
  • honesty with you spouse
  • honesty with some other ministers that you trust
  • its hard to have an accountability group with guys  in your ministry - you have to really trust them

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Interview with David Bowman

 

For more information on David Bowman and the Tarrant Baptist Association