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The Wounded Healer

The Lester Randall Preaching Fellowship of Yorkminster Park Baptist Church presents A Toronto Festival of Preaching 2022, Theme: The Wounded Healer.

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Explore our Preaching Connections collection for illustrations and quotes on over 100 common preaching topics like joy, compassion, and sin.

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This Week's Sermon Commentaries

Luke 17:5-10 Sermon Commentary

October 2, 2022

Chelsey Harmon

We plop right into a conversation already in progress in verse 5, but as you may already be aware, reading the previous verses isn’t a guarantee that you’ll immediately understand our lectionary selection! If you wish to include the first four verses of chapter 17, it’s fine to do so, since they are seemingly what…

Lamentations 1:1-6 Sermon Commentary

October 2, 2022

Scott Hoezee

Cheery this lection is not. The New Testament sermon starter based on Luke 17 for this week is a bit of a challenging passage and so some preachers might be tempted to swap out this week’s Old Testament reading for the Gospel one but if so, then turning to this downbeat passage might make one…

Psalm 37:1-9 Sermon Commentary

October 2, 2022

Scott Hoezee

The Book of Psalms—and sometimes individual poems within it—can be pretty good at the proverbial “talking out of both sides of one’s mouth at the same time.” Taken individually, some psalms paint a very pretty picture of how the righteous always prosper and how the wicked always fail miserably. Then again, other psalms admit that…

2 Timothy 1:1-14 Sermon Commentary

October 2, 2022

Doug Bratt

Paul’s call to his dear son Timothy to “guard” (14) the gospel is evocative. It’s, what’s more, the title of John Stott’s commentary, to which I owe a lot for this message’s ideas, on the apostle’s second letter to Timothy. So Paul’s call to “guard the gospel” might also serve as a kind of on-ramp…

Preaching in the 21st Century – Jeff Manion & Scott Hoezee

Sermon Craft – Rev. Meg Jenista

Preaching Without Notes – Rev. Mary Hulst

The Ethics of Sermon Illustrations – Rev. Scott Hoezee

Imagination and Images – Rev. Peter Jonker

Political or Partisan? – Rev. Meg Jenista

Preaching Salvation – Rev. Meg Jenista

Desire for Anointed Preaching Part 1 – Rev. David Beelen

Desire for Anointed Preaching Part 2 – Rev. David Beelen

Sermon Introductions Do’s and Don’ts – Rev. John Rottman

Preaching Parables Graciously – Rev. John Rottman

God-Active Language – Rev. Scott Hoezee

What is an Illustration? – Rev. Scott Hoezee

Show, Don’t Tell – Rev. Scott Hoezee

The Controlling Image – Rev. Peter Jonker

Physical Space in Preaching – Rev. Mary Hulst

The Center for Excellence In Preaching

We provide pastors with fresh and vibrant resources to enhance your preaching. Explore our library of sermon commentaries including our new sermon commentaries made available each week. Dive into our key preaching connection topics and find relevant illustration ideas from movies and literature. Fine-tune your preaching with short, refreshing teaching videos on various aspects of preaching. We also curate lists of recommended commentaries and books and provide information on upcoming conferences and seminars.

The Center for Excellence in Preaching serves the church by providing preachers with fresh ideas and resources to help make the weekly sermon from God's Word an eventful and vibrant proclamation of grace and hope. CEP is a resource from Calvin Theological Seminary.

The Wounded Healer

Preaching Connections

This Week's Sermon Commentaries

Luke 17:5-10 Sermon Commentary

Lamentations 1:1-6 Sermon Commentary

Psalm 37:1-9 Sermon Commentary

2 Timothy 1:1-14 Sermon Commentary

Fine-Tuning Your Preaching

Preaching in the 21st Century – Jeff Manion & Scott Hoezee

Sermon Craft – Rev. Meg Jenista

Preaching Without Notes – Rev. Mary Hulst

The Ethics of Sermon Illustrations – Rev. Scott Hoezee

Imagination and Images – Rev. Peter Jonker

Political or Partisan? – Rev. Meg Jenista

Preaching Salvation – Rev. Meg Jenista

Desire for Anointed Preaching Part 1 – Rev. David Beelen

Desire for Anointed Preaching Part 2 – Rev. David Beelen

Sermon Introductions Do’s and Don’ts – Rev. John Rottman

Preaching Parables Graciously – Rev. John Rottman

God-Active Language – Rev. Scott Hoezee

What is an Illustration? – Rev. Scott Hoezee

Show, Don’t Tell – Rev. Scott Hoezee

The Controlling Image – Rev. Peter Jonker

Physical Space in Preaching – Rev. Mary Hulst

The Center for Excellence In Preaching

The Center for Excellence in Preaching serves the church by providing preachers with fresh ideas and resources to help make the weekly sermon from God's Word an eventful and vibrant proclamation of grace and hope. CEP is a resource from Calvin Theological Seminary.

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