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Preaching Writing

God’s Trombones, Part 2: From Harry Hoosier to Gardner C. Taylor

God's Trombones: Celebrating Black Preaching in America is a four-part small group study focusing on…

Bret HammondFebruary 12, 2025

Preaching Writing

God’s Trombones: Celebrating Black Preaching in America

The Voice of a Trombone "He strode the pulpit up and down in what…

Bret HammondFebruary 7, 2025

Reviews

Exploring the Paranormal: Miracles, Magic, and the Mysterious

"Exploring the Paranormal: Miracles, Magic, and the Mysterious," by R. Alan Streett, reads like a…

Bret HammondOctober 31, 2024

Ministry Preaching Writing

Retreading a Sermon

Repreach? Repeat? Rerun? Or Retread? When I first started preaching, the thought of re-preaching an…

Bret HammondSeptember 9, 2024

Devotional Writing

The Keys to Prayer

Where are your keys? Do you know where they are right now?My keys go in…

Bret HammondNovember 28, 2023

Devotional

Lord, Have Mercy

When I don’t know the words to pray, I still know the One to whom…

Bret HammondMarch 28, 2023

Babylon - Revelation for the Rest of Us by Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett

Reviews

Revelation for the Rest of Us, a Review

"Too many interpretations of Revelation miss its message of discipleship because those interpretations are…

Bret HammondMarch 24, 2023

Featured Writing

Jesus Cleansing the Temple Does Not Excuse Your Lousy Temper

What if Jesus isn’t flying off the handle while cleansing the temple? What if there’s…

Bret HammondFebruary 27, 2022

Reviews

The Redemption of Danny Trejo

A review of Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood, by Danny Trejo with…

Bret HammondAugust 18, 2021

Devotional

Hearing God’s Promises in the Song of the Cicadas

The seventeen-year cicadas (known as Brood X) are emerging in our area now. For some…

Bret HammondMay 24, 2021

Bret Hammond

“See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God.” Hebrews 12:15

The High View of Preaching, by Victor Pentz – A Review

The First Sermon After Disclosure Day

Book Review: Procrastination Proof: Never Get Stuck Again by Jon Acuff

The Perfect Vehicle – The Perfect Church?

Famous Last Words: Today You Will Be With Me in Paradise

Preaching and the Perfect Swing: What Golf Can Teach Us About Sermons

God’s Trombones, Part 4: Robert Smith Jr. and the Impact of Black Preaching

God’s Trombones, Part 3: The Power of Storytelling in Black Preaching

God’s Trombones, Part 2: From Harry Hoosier to Gardner C. Taylor

Re-Preaching the Text without Re-Preaching the Sermon

Bret's books

The High View of Preaching, by Victor Pentz – A Review

God’s Trombones, Part 2: From Harry Hoosier to Gardner C. Taylor

God’s Trombones: Celebrating Black Preaching in America

Exploring the Paranormal: Miracles, Magic, and the Mysterious

Retreading a Sermon

The Keys to Prayer

Lord, Have Mercy

Revelation for the Rest of Us, a Review

Jesus Cleansing the Temple Does Not Excuse Your Lousy Temper

The Redemption of Danny Trejo

Hearing God’s Promises in the Song of the Cicadas