PreachingHelp.org » PreachingHelp.org http://preachinghelp.org/wordpress Preaching Help from the Writings and Sermon Outlines of Steve Higginbotham Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:55:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Preaching Help from the Writings and Sermon Outlines of Steve Higginbotham Steve Higginbotham Steve Higginbotham, sermons, Christianity, Bible, Church of Christ http://preachinghelp.org/?page_id=586&podcast clean Steve Higginbotham shigg@glasgow-ky.com My “Areopagus” http://preachinghelp.org/wordpress/my-areopagus http://preachinghelp.org/wordpress/my-areopagus#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:58:16 +0000 Steve Higginbotham http://preachinghelp.org/wordpress/?p=1571

Continue reading »]]> The above title may not be the best title, because it overstates the case, but nonetheless, yesterday, I had a unique opportunity to preach at a Missionary Baptist Church.  In 27 years of preaching, I had never once been invited to preach at a Baptist Church, so I jumped at the opportunity before me, and gladly accepted.

The easy part was saying, “Yes, I’ll preach for you.”  The difficult part was in trying to decide what to preach and just how to say what I wanted said. The sermon I developed was entitled, “Non-Denominational Christianity.”  In it, I challenged the church to drop all denominational distinctions that keep people divided, to return solely to the pattern of New Testament Christianity, and I tried to explain how this can be accomplished.

The people there were sincere.  They were gracious.  They showed me great hospitality and courtesy.  I couldn’t have been treated any better.  Yet, we are divided and those differences that divide us cannot be marginalized or trivialized.  The irenic spirit that exists between us cannot be allowed to overshadow our differences.  My prayer is that this will not be the end, but that we will have more opportunities to discuss the Scriptures and in particular, those areas in which we disagree.

If you’re interested in listening to the sermon that I preached, simply click on the title below.  I carried a little pocket recorder in my shirt pocket, and recorded my lesson.  The recording is not the best quality, but it is not so poor that you cannot listen to it.

Non-Denominational Christianity

 

]]> http://preachinghelp.org/wordpress/my-areopagus/feed 2 The above title may not be the best title, because it overstates the case, but nonetheless, yesterday, I had a unique opportunity to preach at a Missionary Baptist Church.  In 27 years of preaching, I had never once been invited to preach at a Baptist Church, so I jumped at the opportunity before me, and gladly accepted. The easy part was saying, “Yes, I’ll preach for you.”  The difficult part was in trying to decide what to preach and just how to say what I wanted said. The sermon I developed was entitled, “Non-Denominational Christianity.”  In it, I challenged the church to drop all denominational distinctions that keep people divided, to return solely to the pattern of New Testament Christianity, and I tried to explain how this can be accomplished. The people there were sincere.  They were gracious.  They showed me great hospitality and courtesy.  I couldn’t have been treated any better.  Yet, we are divided and those differences that divide us cannot be marginalized or trivialized.  The irenic spirit that exists between us cannot be allowed to overshadow our differences.  My prayer is that this will not be the end, but that we will have more opportunities to discuss the Scriptures and in particular, those areas in which we disagree. If you’re interested in listening to the sermon that I preached, simply click on the title below.  I carried a little pocket recorder in my shirt pocket, and recorded my lesson.  The recording is not the best quality, but it is not so poor that you cannot listen to it. Non-Denominational Christianity   The above title may not be the best title, because it overstates the case, but nonetheless, yesterday, I had a unique opportunity to preach at a Missionary Baptist Church.  In 27 years of preaching, I had never once been invited to preach at a [...] Girls Gone Mild! http://preachinghelp.org/wordpress/girls-gone-mild http://preachinghelp.org/wordpress/girls-gone-mild#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:32:37 +0000 Steve Higginbotham http://preachinghelp.org/?p=86

Continue reading »]]> Have you ever had the experience of going to worship God and being shocked by the way some fellow Christians in the assembly have dressed? If you have, I assure you that you are not alone. Immodesty has become an unspoken, but a very visible problem in our assemblies.

Here is an audio sermon that I preached yesterday morning on the subject of “Modesty.” If you’re wondering what kind of response I would have after preaching a sermon like that, I will also tell you that I have never, in all my years of preaching, preached a single sermon that had as much positive feedback.  Apparently, the majority of people in our congregations are not pleased with what they see.

The very end of my sermon was “cut off” but I want to take a moment and explain what I want the congregation to do with this sermon.  I wanted to leverage the church’s collective influence and positive peer pressure to involve them in this sermon.  I asked them all to write me notes, sharing their thoughts on this subject.  I plan to “edit” them, print, and distribute them to the congregation next Sunday.  I want those who would flaunt the Bible’s teaching on this topic to know that they are “out of place” in our assembly of worship.  I think by involving comments by the entire church, it will make it much more difficult to dismiss my sermon as irrelevant or just my opinions.  (By Sunday evening, I had already received over 30 letters/notes from the congregation).

Maybe you can work this sermon into something that may be of profit for your congregation as well.

Girls Gone Mild – Audio Sermon by Steve Higginbotham

]]> http://preachinghelp.org/wordpress/girls-gone-mild/feed 18 Have you ever had the experience of going to worship God and being shocked by the way some fellow Christians in the assembly have dressed? If you have, I assure you that you are not alone. Immodesty has become an unspoken, but a very visible problem in our assemblies. Here is an audio sermon that I preached yesterday morning on the subject of “Modesty.” If you’re wondering what kind of response I would have after preaching a sermon like that, I will also tell you that I have never, in all my years of preaching, preached a single sermon that had as much positive feedback.  Apparently, the majority of people in our congregations are not pleased with what they see. The very end of my sermon was “cut off” but I want to take a moment and explain what I want the congregation to do with this sermon.  I wanted to leverage the church’s collective influence and positive peer pressure to involve them in this sermon.  I asked them all to write me notes, sharing their thoughts on this subject.  I plan to “edit” them, print, and distribute them to the congregation next Sunday.  I want those who would flaunt the Bible’s teaching on this topic to know that they are “out of place” in our assembly of worship.  I think by involving comments by the entire church, it will make it much more difficult to dismiss my sermon as irrelevant or just my opinions.  (By Sunday evening, I had already received over 30 letters/notes from the congregation). Maybe you can work this sermon into something that may be of profit for your congregation as well. Girls Gone Mild – Audio Sermon by Steve Higginbotham Have you ever had the experience of going to worship God and being shocked by the way some fellow Christians in the assembly have dressed? If you have, I assure you that you are not alone. Immodesty has become an unspoken, but a very visible [...]