Sermon of the Year 2018 - Be Set Free
Festival of Preaching
Sermon of the Year 2018 - Be Set Free
Preach Magazine and London School of Theology are pleased to announce that the Sermon of the Year competition for 2018 is now open to entries !
Calling all people who have passion , potential and a natural gifting in communicating the Word of God ! You are invited to submit a written sermon of no more than 1500 on the subject of ‘ Be Set Free ’ by midnight on 18th February 2018 .
Entries to be sent to editor @ lwpt . org . uk and must include your name , date of birth and contact details . Full competition guidelines can be found online at : www . preachweb . org / sermon-of-the-year
Festival of Preaching
LWPT trustee , John Griffiths , on his experience of the Festival of Preaching .
‘ This is the first such event organised by the Church Times . And they sourced the best preachers they could find , a cast list they will find it hard to top for subsequent events . There were plenty of talks about preaching . But plenty of sermons as well . The talks covered the whole waterfront of sermons from preparation , tackling awkward texts , delivery , story and the use of language . But the highlight was the passion of all the speakers for scripture and expounding it . One particular surprise was Martin Piercy giving a socio-political reading of the gospel miracles . Describing how Jesus made the ruler of the synagogue wait while he prioritised the woman with the issue of blood who Jairus had excluded from the synagogue , Dr Piercy asked what Jesus would say to those who told others in the church that they would have to wait ? If you are a preacher you ’ ll hope they find a way to raise the bar even higher next time . This festival is one not to be missed .’
Read John ’ s full report at www . preachweb . org / blog The Festival of Preaching will be back : 8-10 September 2019
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