Posts tagged 'Formation of a Preacher'

What is the impact of a clear and memorable biblical sermon? During an IFES Bolivia training event, the preacher, Jorge Atiencia, read Ecclesiastes 3: 1-15 and announced his sermon's title: "God restores what happened." Step by step and without leaving the text, he showed us the different stages and cycles of life that we all have to go through, the truths about God and time, and how God restores what happened.

Spend just five minutes in any small corner of Langham Partnership’s work around the world and you will grasp how vital it is to be alert to cultural differences. In fact, it’s in our name: ‘partnership’. Partnerships always entail working with others who are a little bit, or even quite considerably, different.

Faithfulness to Scripture is such an important attribute for all preachers and teachers of God’s Word. People often say ‘Just read the Bible and do what it says, why do you need to interpret it?’ But how do we practice what it says if we don’t’ understand it and how do we understand it if we don’t know the meaning of what we read?

There are many pastors and preachers who do not have a strong conviction on God, Christ and the Holy Spirit. Langham Preaching dedicates one session on TRUTHS TO BELIEVE in the Level 1 seminar that gives the participants basic principles on the truths about God, Christ and the Holy Spirit. Throughout the seminars or training these BASIC TRUTHS will be repeated again from time to time.