Preaching from the book of Acts

A practical workshop for all who want to preach
and teach God’s Word more effectively
led by David Cook

David CookDaTeaching Actsvid recently retired from his role as Principal and Director of the School of Preaching at Sydney Missionary and Bible College in Australia, and is now involved in an itinerant preaching and teaching ministry, He has spoken at a number of Christian Conventions including Keswick and New Word Alive where his ministry was much appreciated.

When: Tuesday May 29th 2012, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Where: Charlotte Baptist Chapel, Rose Street, Edinburgh
Cost: £10 including a copy of David’s Book “Teaching Acts”
please bring your own lunch or there are plenty of sandwich shops nearby

To register: email register@2tim4.org

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Narrative Preaching

Telling the story? Or missing the point?

On Easter Sunday evening at the Easter Event “Resurrection” in the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, Peter Grainger preached a narrative sermon based on the story of Thomas from John 20. Read the text here or watch the video below:

He reflects on the experience and answers some of the questions about “narrative preaching” in this post. If you’d like to learn more, please consider attending our Narrative Preaching Workshop.

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Narrative Preaching Workshop

Telling the Story - preaching narrative texts

It is remarkablethat the Gospels and Acts, taken together, comprise almost two thirds of the bulk of the New Testament. Here is evidence of the importance of narrative in the formation of Christian faith.

  • How does this affect what we preach on?
  • How does preaching from narrative differ from other genres?
  • Why is this so relevant to today’s generation?

Come and explore these and related issues with:

Peter Grainger
  • Director of the 2 Timothy 4 trust
  • Formerly Senior Pastor at Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh
Alex MacDonald
  • Senior Minister, Buccleuch & Greyfriars Free Church
  • Author of “Tell Me The Story”

7th May, 10am – 1pm

Charlotte Chapel Lounge, Rose Street, Edinburgh EH4 2AZ

Cost £10, email register@2tim4.org to register.

It is remarkable that the Gospels and Acts, taken together, comprise almost two thirds of the bulk of the New Testament. Here is evidence of the importance of narrative in the formation of Christian faith.

§  How does this affect what we preach on?

§  How does preaching from narrative differ from other genres?

§  Why is this so relevant to today’s generation?

Come and explore these and related issues with:

Peter Grainger
  • Director of the 2 Timothy 4 trust
  • Formerly Senior Pastor at Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh
Alex MacDonald
  • Senior Minister, Buccleuch & Greyfriars Free Church
  • Author of “Tell Me The Story”

7th May, 10am – 1pm

Charlotte Chapel Lounge, Rose Street, Edinburgh EH4 2AZ

Cost £10, email register@2tim4.org to register.

It is remarkable that the Gospels and Acts, taken together, comprise almost two thirds of the bulk of the New Testament. Here is evidence of the importance of narrative in the formation of Christian faith.

§ How does this affect what we preach on?

§ How does preaching from narrative differ from other genres?

§ Why is this so relevant to today’s generation?

Come and explore these and related issues with:

Peter Grainger

· Director of the 2 Timothy 4 trust

· Formerly Senior Pastor at Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh

Alex MacDonald

· Senior Minister, Buccleuch & Greyfriars Free Church

· Author of “Tell Me The Story”

7th May, 10am – 1pm

Charlotte Chapel Lounge, Rose Street, Edinburgh EH4 2AZ

Cost £10, email register@2tim4.org to register.

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Potential Preachers Workshop

Thinking about preaching? Just starting out? Needing some help?

“From text to sermon”

Practical teaching… practical examples… practical exercises     

Peter Grainger, senior pastor of Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh for 17 years and now Director of the 2 Timothy 4 Trust which is dedicated to strengthening Scottish preaching, will help you explore and experience the process of preparing a sermon.

Saturday April 2nd, 10am – 1pm

Airdrie Baptist Church, 97 Graham Street, Airdrie ML6 6DE http://www.airdriebaptist.co.uk

Cost: £5

To register, email peter@2Tim4.org

Comments from previous participants:

“The principles and practical aspects of the workshop were invaluable and answered so many questions which I have been carrying around as I have been thinking about a future in pastor-teaching ministry.”

“Excellent, encouraging and entertaining, also informative, instructive, and very helpful.”

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Preaching that Instructs and Rebukes

If you missed our recent conference with Bruce Ware, “Preaching that Instructs and Rebukes”, the conference audio is now available on http://rubc.fmbc.ac/

1. Introduction – Teaching that instructs and rebukes (Titus 1:9)
2. Is Jesus the Only Way? (The exclusivity of Christ and the Gospel)
3. A New Kind of Christianity? (The challenge of the emerging church)

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Preaching that Instructs and Rebukes

Don’t miss the visit of Dr Bruce Ware to Edinburgh! Sponsored jointly by 2 Timothy 4 and Faith Mission Bible College. Book online at rubc.fmbc.ac

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Preaching From the Parables VIDEO and PowerPoint

Session videos have now been completed and can be viewed below. Session audio is still available as MP3 by clicking the links on the other post. The PowerPoint slides can be downloaded by clicking the link below…

Parables workshop PowerPoint (.ppt) and Slides Handout (.pdf)

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Preaching From the Parables

Last Saturday (6 November 2010) was 2 Timothy 4 Trust’s latest conference called ‘Preaching From the Parables’. MP3s of both sessions are now available to download by following the links below.

AUDIO: ‘Parables’ Session 1

AUDIO: ‘Parables’ Session 2

Further media (including video and PowerPoint slides) will be available soon.

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New Website

We’re pleased to finally have our new website live, which is built on WordPress for the curious. If you’re tech-savvy, you can subscribe to our RSS feed and we’ll try and arrange for a mailing list at some point too.

It should now be far easier for us to keep things up to date and to post the media from our various events – I’ve just added Planning a Preaching Programme from May 2010.

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Planning a Preaching Programme

Peter Grainger shares from his vast experience of planning expostory sermon series:


> Download conference audio and supporting files.

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