#PreachingAsCelebration

Immunity From Your Own Personal Hell

Preaching With Sacred Fire I

The Choice Part I Trinity UCC Ministers in Training

The Old Ship of Zion

A Time for Letting Go

The God of Necessary Adjustments

Why Don't You Have Enough? - 11 - 15 - 1992

Not By Might Nor Power But By My Spirit - 10 - 09 - 1988

This sermon is about choosing the path to "Be Happy" as outlined in the Beatitudes by Jesus. It is one of my most popular sermons and has ministered to many lives.

Be Happy, Anyway

The Pastor's Spirit - 12 - 01 - 1996

The Lifter Of My Head - 12 - 13 - 1992

The Real Thing - 12 - 15 - 1996

Wear God Out In Prayer - 01 - 21 - 1996

Theolgy Of Embodiment - 06 - 28 - 1992

I Will Look To The Hills - 11 - 16 - 1996

Very Excited to launch my very first video on Preaching as Celebration. In this video I introduce my new preaching as celebration series. What is your #1 preaching challenge at this moment? Your questions will be answered below.

Introduction to the Preaching As Celebration Series - #PreachingAsCelebration Ep01

In this my first video in my new ‪#‎LivingYourPassion‬ series I share my story on why I left pastoring. Have you ever thought of leaving pastoring and why? What made you decide to stay if you did?

Why I Left Pastoring - #LivingYourPassion EP01

In this video I talk about one of the 5 mistakes I think preachers make when preaching: Too Much Bad News In the Sermon. What is it about bad news that make preachers use it so excessively?

Too Much Bad News In The Sermon - #PreachingAsCelebration Ep03

In this video I talk about the effect wanting to close big has on the rest of the sermon. How many times have you heard the close make you forget the body of the sermon? How do you feel afterward?

The Close is Not Connected to the Sermon. - #PreachingAsCelebration Ep05

In this podcast I do an introduction to the 5 Most Common Preaching Mistakes. Have you identified some of these mistakes in preaching you've heard? And which one stands out for you?

Introduction to The 5 Most Common Preaching Mistakes - #PreachingAsCelebration Ep02

In this video I expand on the 5 Most Common Preaching Mistakes and discuss when the text is not the central focus of the sermon. Have you ever listened to the sermon and the text gets lost with the preacher going down a rabbit hole? What has that done for your experience?

The Text Is Not The Central Focus Of The Sermon - #PreachingAsCelebration EP04

In this track I introduce an upcoming series. This series will bless you and teach you how to be more consistent in your preaching life. Be sure to stay tuned for the whole course to absorb the full scope and benefit of my teaching.

The 6 Principles Of Celebrative Preaching - #PreachingAsCelebration Ep18

In this video I talk about the importance of being humble before God. How does humility prompt us on to further experience growth in God?

Being Vulnerable Before God - #LivingYourPassion Ep17

In this track I will give you some key ingredients that will help you to sustain your joy in ministry. Ministry is a long term commitment and it is important that we know how to maintain our pace throughout the whole process. What other useful hints can you think of that would allow us ministers to sustain our joy in the ministry in the long run?

How To Sustain Joy In Ministry - #LivingYourPassion Ep18

In this track I discuss with you the abundant rewards related to serving the body of Christ. What open discussions can we have about church hurts?

Aint No Hurt Like A Church Hurt - #LivingYourPassion Ep23

In this track I share, some of the key elements it takes to build a life. What do you want people to say about you when you leave this earth?

It Takes Time To Build A Life - #LivingYourPassion Ep21

In this track I talk about the importance of stirring peoples emotions. Can you remember a great movie, sermon or song that stirred you?

Experiential Preaching Through Image And Sense Appeal - #PreachingAsCelebation Ep22

In this track I will give you a key to discovering what you are most passionate about in preaching. We preach best what we believe most. What is it you most deeply believe about the character of God?

How To Discover Your Core Belief - #PreachingAsCelebration Ep19

In this track I will teach you how to reach the multitudes with one sermon. Even though we differ in beliefs and opinions, human beings have a universal experience throughout this life and it's our job as preachers to draw it out, and express it. What are some of the things that might better speak to peoples hearts throughout the audience you are preaching in?

Preaching The Universality Of Human Experience - #PreachingAsCelebration Ep20

In this track I offer an explanation, as to what qualifies me to teach on preaching. I like to listen to people who know what they're talking about, and I want you offer you the same value. Have I helped you in your understanding of preaching?

By What Authority Are You Making These Claims? - #AfricanAmericanPreaching Ep24

In this track I discuss the history of African American female preaching, and Womanists. I am proud to present such historic figures, as Jacquelyn Grant, Katie Cannon and many more who stood up for Black Women's Right's and made African American Women proud and equal partners of our male counterparts in African American Preaching today. Tell us why you are proud to be a female African American preacher?

Preaching of Black Woman and Womanists - #AfricanAmericanPreaching Ep21

In this track I offer a review the development of the black church in American history. There are many wonderful authors doing great work on African American Preaching. Make sure that you read. Reading will make you an astute preacher. What is your favorite book on African American Preaching?

Bibliography of African American Preaching - #AfricanAmericanPreaching Ep29

Valerie Bridgeman says that the next form of the sermon is most probably going to be the poetic-sermonic form - this generation has been raised with hip hop music, spoken word, poetry slam and gospel slam. Is there place for this in the church, and/or what other forms do you like to hear the gospel being presented in? Or what other formats do you think the gospel should be presented in, more frequently?

What Preachers can Learn from Jay Z - Keeping it Real Pt1 - #AfricanAmericanPreaching Ep30

Keeping it real is essential. In this track I will introduce 4 points that jay Z gives on how to keep it real. Can you offer me another point on how to keep a sermon real?

What Preachers can Learn from Jay Z - Keeping it Real Pt2 - #AfricanAmericanPreaching Ep31

Pastor Jeffrey A. Johnson talks with Dr. Frank Thomas about everything preaching, i.e. A. Louis Patterson, Bishop College, Expository Preaching, church growth, and his support for the PhD program in African American Preaching and Sacred Rhetoric

A Conversation with Pastor Jeffrey A. Johnson, Sr. hosted by Dr. Frank A. Thomas

Frank A. Thomas interviews living legend Otis Moss Jr. The Civil rights icon, preacher, leader, and spiritual mentor reflects on the prophetic tradition of the black church post-election of Donald J. Trump as President.

Otis Moss  Jr.  Interview: Prophetic Preaching and Election of Donald Trump

Dr. Frank A. Thomas  interviews premiere Womanist homiletics professor, preacher, and proclaimer Rev. Dr. Teresa Fry Brown. Dr. Fry Brown  talks about her life, call, ministry, mentors, and all things preaching.

A Conversation with Rev. Dr.  Teresa Fry Brown hosted by Dr. Frank A. Thomas

Dr. Kevin W. Cosby, talks with Dr. Frank A. Thomas about everything preaching, i.e. preaching mentors, igniting Simmons College, hardest sermon to preach, preaching Muhammad Ali's funeral, sermon preparation, and his support for the PhD program in African American Preaching and Sacred Rhetoric.

Since 1979, Dr. Kevin W. Cosby, has served as Senior Pastor of St. Stephen Church in Louisville, Kentucky. Due greatly to his practical and dynamic Bible teachings, the congregation has grown from 500 to approximately 14,000 members, and has been recognized by Outreach magazine as one of the 100 largest churches in America (2010) and Emerge magazine as one of six “super churches” of the South. The providence of God is seen most clearly in Dr. Cosby’s ministry in the resurgence of Simmons College of Kentucky (SCKY). In 1997, the Lord led Dr. Cosby to encourage the church to purchase the original four-acre campus of Simmons University (now Simmons College of KY) and convert the property into a lifestyle enrichment campus. In 2005, Dr. Cosby was named the 13th President of Simmons. In April 2015, Simmons College of Kentucky was officially designated the 107th HBCU.

A Conversation with Dr. Kevin W. Cosby by Dr. Frank A. Thomas

Dr. Fredrick Douglass Haynes, III  talks with Dr. Frank Thomas about everything preaching, i.e. preaching mentors, social justice preaching and church growth, hardest sermon to preach, sermon preparation, preaching texts of terror, and his support for the PhD program in African American Preaching and Sacred Rhetoric.

Frederick Douglass Haynes, III, is a prophetic pastor, passionate leader, social activist, and eloquent orator and educator engaged in preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ, fighting against racial injustice; committed to economic justice and empowerment in under-served communities and touching and transforming the lives of the disenfranchised. For 35 years, Dr. Haynes has served as a visionary and innovative senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. Under his servant leadership, the ministry and membership have grown from less than 100 members in 1983 to over 12,000.

A Conversation with Dr. Fredrick Douglass Haynes, III hosted by Dr. Frank A. Thomas

Dr. Frank A. Thomas  interviews preaching legend and Co-founder/Pastor of New Creation Christian Church of San Antonio, Texas, Rev. Dr. Claudette Anderson Copeland. Dr. Coplands talks about her life, call, ministry, mentors, and all things preaching.

A Conversation with Rev. Dr.  Claudette Anderson Copeland hosted by Dr. Frank A. Thomas

A Conversation with Jeremiah A. Wright Podcast Interview

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