Called To Preach
For whosoever shall call upon
The Name of The Lord shall be saved.
How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach except they be sent?
...How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things.
Rom: 10:13-15
By the grace of God, Saints all over the world have been called to preach the good news to those who have not heard. It is the purpose of this website to provide a map of the preaching territory.
In other words, to give some direction to preachers, associate preachers, evangelists and missionaries. Many churches are inadequately prepared to give associate preachers intensive training, to say nothing of training for evangelists and missionaries. So one of our goals is to come along side the church and provide a helping hand.
We also want to provide a space where believers can respond to contemporary issues, ask biblical and theological questions, or just give inspiring information about kingdom building. Our blog will be our meeting place.
Here are some of the areas we will provide training:
- Power of Preaching
- The Call to Preach
- Preaching your 1st Sermon
- Practice Preaching
- Study a Preaching Passage
- Developing an Outline
- Preacher Notes
- Evangelism
- Ordination Process
- Special Preaching Skills
- Preaching Resources
- Delivery Skills
Nothing is completely original. Particularly, nothing that you read on this site or that you will find on our blog, is completely original; both represent my interpretation of a collection of ideas, methods, discussion, and teaching from other ministers whom I have met, read or studied under along the way.
On this site I have done my best to credit other ministers with ideas I got from them. I am quite sure that I have missed some of the credits, for which I hope you will forgive me.
I am equally sure that some ministers who read about some of these concepts and methods will say, “Wait a minute, that's mine”, or “hey that sounds familiar” or “that's just called something else.” Again, apologies. Try writing an original blues tune that does not use one of the standards for cords!
Finally, in some cases, I may have credited another minister for the source of a piece of information on a method. That does not mean that the accredited minister is the sole inventor of that method or idea; it only means that I got it from that person.
The only thing that is truly original is your own interpretation of the methods that are discussed on this website.
Here is where I stand:
I believe that in the beginning God created man so that he shares a sameness in nature with all living things i.e., life with its inherent ability to reproduce after its own kind.
Further, God made a difference in creating man—by creating him in His own image i.e., man as a self-conscious and God-conscious being. Functionally, like God man’s essence is found in agape, self-giving, relational existence. This imago dei is actualized by living in the primary relationship (God-consciousness) which is between God and man.
Because of sin and the consequence death of man i.e., a de-energized imago dei, God sent His Son, Jesus the Christ, into the world to save sinners and restore a broken primary relationship. This Jesus was a man, ‘homoousion hemin’, of the same reality as we are ourselves in our humanness. Jesus was the Christ, ‘homoousion to patri’, of the same reality as God in his divinity. When we see Jesus, we see the one who is both God and man.
This same Jesus overcame sin, death on a cross and hell by maintaining humility, obedience and faith in God the Father unto death. His death is the highest example of agape. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the confirmation that His existence was slavic for all men and authentic in relation to God the Father. Thus, Jesus not only shows the way for man to abridge his brokenness with God. Jesus, the Christ is the way.
Those who follow the way of Christ are called to go into the world and proclaim the good news (kerygma) that this same Jesus makes possible authentic being to all men. He does so through the church which is his body. The church is that assembly of men and women who through Christ seek to bring all things into unity and holiness with God.
Further, I agree with the fathers in worshipping one God in Trinity. There is one person the Father, the person of the Son, and the person of the Holy Spirit; but the Godhead of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit is all one. A God who is one in three and three in one, one substance and three persons.
Wesley H. Kittling
- Ya'll Gonna Pray With Me
- The Meeting Place! Where believers respond to contemporary issues, ask biblical and theological questions, or just give inspiring information about kingdom building.
- Foolishness of Preaching
- What does the foolishness of preaching really mean and where did it come from?
- Primitive Preaching
- What do we mean when we use the term primitive preaching? It is the epistemological question this article will attempt to make clear.
- The Similitude of Sermons
- What is the similitude of sermons? If you are wondering why a sermon should be like story, the answer is…
- Seven Preacher Maximums
- There seven preacher maximums that effectively characterize the proclamations of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
- The Christian Year
- The Christian year opens with the Advent season and ends with Kingdomtide season.
- Call to Prepare
- The call to preach the gospel, to tell the salvation story is a call to prepare for a life of ministry.
- Prayer
- When a believer first becomes conscious of his call into the preaching ministry his prayer life suddenly intensifies on a very personal level.
- Worship
- How can one provide leadership in worship unless he is first a worshiper?
- The Holy Spirit
- The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Godhead. Understanding who He is and what He does is critical for every believer
- Preachers Library
- Every preachers library contain and assortment of books and tapes on different subjects that will help them to communicate the gospel.
- Postmodernism
- Postmodernism is a process denoting a movement reacting against modern tendencies.
- Logic
- We study logic for at least two reasons, because it’s ---the critical study of reasoning---and a subject having both theoretical interest and practical utility
- Hermeneutics
- Hermeneutics carries a technical meaning that defines the science and art of biblical interpretation.
- Exegesis
- Exegesis is the process by which a text, as a concrete expression of a “sender” to a “ receiver,” is systematically explained.
- Ancient Biblical Manuscripts
- The Hebrew manuscripts (Aleppo Codex c.920 CE and Leningrad Codex c.1008 C CE) are two of the most Ancient Biblical Manuscripts of our time.
- Sermon Exegesis
- Sermon exegesis begins in the secret place where prayer and meditation upon the Lord leads the preacher to the inspiration of the Lord.
- Rules for Interpretation
- The contemporary rules for interpretation started with a Latin treatise and have become the cornerstone of understanding Biblical texts today.
- New Testament Greek
- Understanding New Testament Greek is the grounding in the Word of God that does not change so we must apply ourselves to it’s study for our work of preaching and teaching.
- Sermon Illustrations
- Sermon illustrations may be the one thing that most congregants will remember from the sermon you preached.
- Developing the Sermon Outline
- Developing the sermon outline is a major milestone in transforming your text into a meaningful application for the congregation.
- Evangelism
- Evangelism is the preaching of the good news of Jesus Christ.
- Art Of Whooping
- The best definition of the art of whooping will be caught in the preaching experiences where it is practiced. The art is practiced through the personality of the preacher.
