Sermon of the Year 2018- Be Set Free
Festival of Preaching
Sermon of the Year 2018- Be Set Free
Preach Magazine and London School of Theology are pleased to announce that the Sermon of the Year competition for 2018 is now open to entries!
Calling all people who have passion, potential and a natural gifting in communicating the Word of God! You are invited to submit a written sermon of no more than 1500 on the subject of‘ Be Set Free’ by midnight on 18th February 2018.
Entries to be sent to editor @ lwpt. org. uk and must include your name, date of birth and contact details. Full competition guidelines can be found online at: www. preachweb. org / sermon-of-the-year
Festival of Preaching
LWPT trustee, John Griffiths, on his experience of the Festival of Preaching.
‘ This is the first such event organised by the Church Times. And they sourced the best preachers they could find, a cast list they will find it hard to top for subsequent events. There were plenty of talks about preaching. But plenty of sermons as well. The talks covered the whole waterfront of sermons from preparation, tackling awkward texts, delivery, story and the use of language. But the highlight was the passion of all the speakers for scripture and expounding it. One particular surprise was Martin Piercy giving a socio-political reading of the gospel miracles. Describing how Jesus made the ruler of the synagogue wait while he prioritised the woman with the issue of blood who Jairus had excluded from the synagogue, Dr Piercy asked what Jesus would say to those who told others in the church that they would have to wait? If you are a preacher you’ ll hope they find a way to raise the bar even higher next time. This festival is one not to be missed.’
Read John’ s full report at www. preachweb. org / blog The Festival of Preaching will be back: 8-10 September 2019
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