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Yesterday’s message … Began with a string of negative analogies (check it out); Explained the vast — and liberating — difference between “God-breathed” and “God-dictated”; In the PREACHED version, included a spontaneous shout out to Asbury Seminary’s Dr. David Thompson, the man most responsible for teaching me that HOW that bible says what it says

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Last week, I showed Team Texas at the USTA Intersectional Championship for Boys’ 18-and-under from 1979.  I was the youngest, shortest, and skinniest on that team. Today it’s Team Texas from 1980.  None of those adjectives describe me this time!  The “older” guys on that 79 team had graduated out of 18-and-under tennis and were

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During our South Carolina vacation last week, our 30-year-old daughter asked me early one evening, “Are you going to go practice your sermon, Daddy?” On the one hand, the question is 100% understandable, as she grew up waking up to the sounds of early morning sermon practice in an adjacent room.  And, if an early

Talbot Davis is the pastor of Good Shepherd United Methodist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. Talbot has written edited thousands of sermon series, including five that turned into Bible Study books published by Abingdon Press. Talbot shares his experience on preaching for Christ in his sixth book release, Simplify The Message, Multiply the Impact. His sixth book is ideal for both new and veteran preachers, seminary classrooms, and preaching workshops.

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Julie and I spent last week in Hilton Head Island, SC.  We had a couple of days alone and then were joined by our children and their spouses for the bulk of the week.  Here we are:   From left there you’ll see Talbot, Julie, Nate Underwood, Taylor Underwood, Riley Davis, and Natalie Davis. Here

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Julie and I spent last week in Hilton Head Island, SC.  The first three days we were alone and then we were joined by our children and their spouses for the final four.  Here we are:   From left there you’ll see Talbot, Julie, Nate Underwood, Taylor Underwood, Riley Davis, and Natalie Davis. Here are

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Yesterday’s message … Came from my friend and colleague Devin Tharp, our Family Ministries Pastor and Team Leader of the Beautiful Marriage Movement;   Interrupted the “Famous Last Words” series so that Devin could share freely and personally; Was delivered while my family and I (Julie, kids, and spouses) were returning from a week vacation

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This is “Team Texas” from the National Intersectional Championships held on the campus of TCU in Fort Worth, Texas, in July of 1979 There I am on the far left, looking younger and skinnier and shorter than all the others.  Because I was.  Nevertheless, after some miraculous early summer results, I actually played #1 on

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Welcome Andrea Rouse We are pleased to announce that Andrea Rouse has joined the GS staff as a Student Ministry Coordinator, where she will be working with Mathew Hargett as they invite all students into a living relationship with Jesus Christ.  Her first day will be Monday, July 6. Andrea is a Master’s student at Gordon-Conwell

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In honor of the upcoming Fourth Of July holiday, here are my five favorite songs with an “American” theme. Rock songs are rarely “pro-American” — we’ve got Toby Keith for that — but more often convey an ambiguity about the distance between American ideals and American reality. In any event, here are my five favorite:

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Yesterday’s message … Acknowledge a bible verse I don’t like very much; Included a rare “please write these three things down” moment regarding leadership; Built to a poignant video that shows what Good Shepherd At Home is like during pandemic; Led to this bottom line:  Church happens not when you gain followers but when you

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