Archive | TOPICAL TALKS

16 January 2012 ~ 1 Comment

GREAT EXCHANGES: CHRIST TALK

GREAT EXCHANGES: CHRIST TALK

You’ve probably seen in and around the web lately sites sharing pictures of famous people together in candid snapshots. Maybe it’s our love for nostalgia or maybe it’s just the fascination we have with wondering what all happened when these people came together. Using these images (click to enlarge and save) you can create a [...]

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08 December 2011 ~ 1 Comment

BEING PRESENT TALK

BEING PRESENT TALK

In November of this year it was discovered that an elderly Chinese man, believed to have been sleeping, was in fact actually dead. The man had laid in the terminal of a railway station for quite some time before it was discovered. The cause is unknown. While onlookers stood by a monk approached the lifeless [...]

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01 December 2011 ~ 1 Comment

FAITH AND NOT FAVORS TALK

FAITH AND NOT FAVORS TALK

Greg Gasson does not wear a parachute when he sky dives. Instead, he holds the chute in his hands as he free falls and then deploys the chute as he holds on. Although the quality of the video is poor it gets the point across. TALK PURPOSE Students will leave with an understanding of the [...]

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15 November 2011 ~ 0 Comments

GOD’S STRENGTH TALK

GOD’S STRENGTH TALK

Artist Francis Hollenkamp painstakingly placed 10,000 toy soldiers into squared rows and columns to present a visual representation of a large group. This installation even though it’s toys is pretty impressive. When I see this piece I think it can possibly be used as a unique way to demonstrate to students Psalm 91 and God’s [...]

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13 October 2011 ~ 0 Comments

DISCIPLESHIP – TALK

DISCIPLESHIP – TALK

I cam across a gallery of photos done by James Mollison via Peta Pixel. James did a study of concert goers in a photo shoot as they attended their favorite musician’s concert. The photo shoot illustrates how fans dress to match the artist. These images used in a slide presentation would be great illustration to [...]

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12 October 2011 ~ 0 Comments

FEAR FACTORY

FEAR FACTORY

If you’re doing a series on fear this month a great flickr page is out there filled with candid photos of people walking through a thrill house. Just a few of these images in a slideshow would make for great laughs, an engaged audience, and a nice segway into some thoughts on fear. TALK PURPOSE [...]

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23 August 2011 ~ 0 Comments

HEART 2 HEART

HEART 2 HEART

If you ever do a series or talk on relationships, communication, social media addiction, or something along that line you should check out this site Have A Heart to Heart With Me. Heart 2 Heart is a project by Eric Slaktin where he asks users to submit conversation they are having with their phone. It’s [...]

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17 May 2011 ~ 0 Comments

FINISH – TALK

FINISH – TALK

TALK PURPOSE Help students think through the long term position of following Christ, dying to self, and looking for God in the mundane. PROBLEM Students often hear about the idea that you should finish what you start and seek for God in their life continually while at the same time they are often confronted with constant [...]

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