(caption here)I am reminded this evening that bacterial infections respond to antibiotics. But because viral infections do not it is possible to be 6.5 days into a 7-day antibiotic regimen and still come down with a viral infection.
In the you can't make this stuff up department, the following from the local newspaper/NBC affiliate web site:
Headline: "Bidder shells out $10,000 for dinner with psychic"
First sentence: "Allison DuBois couldn't believe someone paid $10,000 at a Junior League of Phoenix Inc. silent auction to have dinner with her."
Shouldn't she have seen it coming?
We'll leave the house about 4:30 a.m. tomorrow so Pam can catch her 6:30 flight. After a layover in Minneapolis she'll arrive in Grand Rapids at 4:30p.m. (Quite the layover!) She won't be back for 10 days, so I'll be losing weight. But I have lots planned for that time. I hope to get all 14 cabinet doors made and painted, and maybe the 10 drawer fronts as well. I need to do an oil change on Gerta. And I'm behind on editing year two of the curriculum. I think I'm also going to be building a fence and replacing a door at Matt & Marcie's. We'll see how much of that actually happens.
Among other courses within the Ministry Studies Division I taught the homiletics series. (Homiletics refers to the preparation and delivery of sermons.) First semester Juniors took PT 351, a 3 credit hour course that introduced the basics of writing and delivering a sermon. Over the subsequent three semesters they took three of four preaching "labs" - one credit hour classes in which they learned to deliver one of the several special classes of sermons: evangelistic, life situation, doctrinal and extemporaneous.
Extemporaneous preaching is not "making it up on the spot." The preparation is, in fact, more thorough than with other types of sermons. What makes it unique is that it is done without notes. That's why the preparation needs to be so complete; you're working without a net. But the advantage, at least theoretically, is a more natural, organic, narrative sermon. Just you and the people. If you know your material very well and have a clear, precise grasp on where you want to go with it, an extemporaneous sermon can make a powerful connection between God's truth and people's lives.
One of the keys to effective extemporaneous preaching is simplicity. Whereas a doctrinal sermon may explore complex truths, seeking to present them with clarity and relevance, the extemporaneous sermon is suited to a simple truth with powerful implications for life.
No passage is better suited to an extemporaneous sermon than the portion of Luke 1 telling us about Gabriel's announcement to Mary.
In the you can't make this stuff up department, the following from the local newspaper/NBC affiliate web site:
Headline: "Bidder shells out $10,000 for dinner with psychic"
First sentence: "Allison DuBois couldn't believe someone paid $10,000 at a Junior League of Phoenix Inc. silent auction to have dinner with her."
Shouldn't she have seen it coming?
We'll leave the house about 4:30 a.m. tomorrow so Pam can catch her 6:30 flight. After a layover in Minneapolis she'll arrive in Grand Rapids at 4:30p.m. (Quite the layover!) She won't be back for 10 days, so I'll be losing weight. But I have lots planned for that time. I hope to get all 14 cabinet doors made and painted, and maybe the 10 drawer fronts as well. I need to do an oil change on Gerta. And I'm behind on editing year two of the curriculum. I think I'm also going to be building a fence and replacing a door at Matt & Marcie's. We'll see how much of that actually happens.
Among other courses within the Ministry Studies Division I taught the homiletics series. (Homiletics refers to the preparation and delivery of sermons.) First semester Juniors took PT 351, a 3 credit hour course that introduced the basics of writing and delivering a sermon. Over the subsequent three semesters they took three of four preaching "labs" - one credit hour classes in which they learned to deliver one of the several special classes of sermons: evangelistic, life situation, doctrinal and extemporaneous.
Extemporaneous preaching is not "making it up on the spot." The preparation is, in fact, more thorough than with other types of sermons. What makes it unique is that it is done without notes. That's why the preparation needs to be so complete; you're working without a net. But the advantage, at least theoretically, is a more natural, organic, narrative sermon. Just you and the people. If you know your material very well and have a clear, precise grasp on where you want to go with it, an extemporaneous sermon can make a powerful connection between God's truth and people's lives.
One of the keys to effective extemporaneous preaching is simplicity. Whereas a doctrinal sermon may explore complex truths, seeking to present them with clarity and relevance, the extemporaneous sermon is suited to a simple truth with powerful implications for life.
No passage is better suited to an extemporaneous sermon than the portion of Luke 1 telling us about Gabriel's announcement to Mary.
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