Expositors Collective

David Guzik is teaching pastor at Calvary Chapel Santa Barbara. His online commentary on the entire Bible at enduringword.com is a free, helpful resource for many pastors, teachers, and everyday Christians.David and his wife Inga-Lill live in Santa Barbara and have three adult children.Character Counts - Expository Preaching

Jody Ponce is wife to Ricky and mother of 3 young children, she heads up the women's ministry of Calvary Cork and is a regular writer for Calvarychapel.com

As a preacher your success or failure on a Sunday morning flows from careful and thoughtful preparation beforehand (or a lack thereof). In this talk from December 2018, Pastor Cody King speaks about the importance of a well structured outline. As you listen you will learn not only about the importance of an outline, but their creation and development as well.Cody is the founding and Lead Pastor of Redemption Calvary located in Commerce City, Colorado in the Metro Denver area. He planted Redemption in 2014 and serves as the main Teaching Pastor. Prior to planting Redemption Calvary, Cody served at Reliance Church in Temecula, California as one of the founding pastors and Assistant Pastor for 7 years. Cody also served at Revival Christian Fellowship in Menifee, California as Youth Pastor for 4 years. Previous to this Cody served in a 1 year student ministry internship at White Mountain Bible Church in Show Low, Arizona. Cody is a graduate of Calvary Chapel Bible College with an Associates Degree in Biblical Theology. He has a passion for helping people grow in their relationship with Jesus through discipleship and planting churches. By the leading and direction of Jesus, Cody has personally planted two churches and helped to plant another. Cody has been married to his wife Myca since 2002 and together they have 4 daughters.

In this conversation between Jim Gallagher and Nick Cady they speak about God’s surprising work through badly prepared and poorly delivered sermons; as well as the importance of investing in those who are in the early stages of their Christian life.You can listen to Jim’s teachings at http://www.ccvb.net/ or read his blog at https://pjimgallagher.com/You can listen to Nick’s teachings at http://whitefieldschurch.com/sermons/ or read his blog at https://nickcady.org/

An essential is something that you can’t live without: in this short talk Pastor Jim Gallagher from Calvary Chapel Vero Beach speaks about the essentials of sermon preparation.You can listen to Jim’s sermons at http://www.ccvb.net/ or read his blog at https://pjimgallagher.com/Jim’s talk was followed by a panel discussion with David Guzik, Cody King and Pilgrim BenhamResources referenced:http://www.blueletterbible.orghttps://www.olivetree.com/https://www.amazon.com/Greek-English-Lexicon-Testament-Christian-Literature/dp/0226039331https://www.amazon.com/Theological-Dictionary-New-Testament-Set/dp/0802823246https://www.logos.com/https://www.amazon.com/Believers-Bible-Commentary-William-MacDonald/dp/0718076850https://www.ccel.org/ccel/henry/mhc.i.htmlhttps://www.preceptaustin.org/

Nick Cady and Mike Neglia talk about early sermon experiences, plagiarism, mentorship, coffee beans, narrative arcs and the importance of our delivery as we teach God’s Word.Nick Cady is the lead pastor of White Fields Community Church <http://www.whitefieldschurch.com/> in Longmont, Colorado.Prior to moving to Longmont in 2012, Nick spent 10 years as a missionary, pastor and church planter in Hungary working with Calvary Chapel. He holds a degree in Theology from the University of Gloucestershire in England and is currently pursuing a Masters in Integrative Theology from London School of Theology.References:http://BlueLetterBible.orgThe Hero with a Thousand Faces : Joseph Campbell’s theory on the “monomyth”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hero_with_a_Thousand_FacesHomer Simpson on Jesus as the true hero of the Bible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OPJYbgD45QThe Expositors Collective is part of the GoodLion Podcast network - for more great podcasts and artices visit http://goodlion.io/

As expositors, we spend time and energy making sure that the content of our messages are accurate and truthful; but our delivery matters too! It is possible to have a doctrinally true sermon, but come off as crushingly boring. In this talk, recorded in Bradenton, Florida, Nick Cady speaks about the importance of structure, form, tension and the shape of our sermons. What we preach is significant - so HOW we say it matters.Nick Cady is the lead pastor of White Fields Community Church <http://www.whitefieldschurch.com/> in Longmont, Colorado.Prior to moving to Longmont in 2012, Nick spent 10 years as a missionary, pastor and church planter in Hungary working with Calvary Chapel. He holds a degree in Theology from the University of Gloucestershire in England and is currently pursuing a Masters in Integrative Theology from London School of Theology.You can keep up with Nick on Twitter at @nickcady <https://twitter.com/nickcady>, on Instagram at @cadynick <https://www.instagram.com/cadynick/>, or by subscribing to the White Fields Church podcast <https://itunes.apple.com/mt/podcast/white-fields-community-church/id521764563?mt=2>.

In this “late night” conversation Neil and Mike talk about the hard work ethic and determination that is necessary to lead well. They also speak about Inductive Bible Study, Psalm 23, and the danger of overcooking messages.Neil and his wife Cece live in Destin, Fl with their five children. Neil has been serving in pastoral ministry since 2003. He bi-vocationally planted Coastline CC Destin in 2010, and is currently transitioning from a Lead Pastor role in Destin to begin serving at Coastline CC in Gulf Breeze, FL which his father planted in 1983.You can connect with Neil on instagram/facebook @neil_s_spencer and access any teaching content by visiting http://coastlinelife.com“The God who has been my Shepherd all my life long to this day” (Genesis 48:15)

The Inductive Study Method is an investigative approach to the Bible using three basic components: Observation – What does the text say?Interpretation – What does the text mean?Application – How does the meaning of the text apply to life?Pastor Neil Spencer from the Coastline family of churches shares the how and the why of Inductive Bible Study in episode 42 of the Expositors Collective Podcast.This was recorded in November or 2018 at Bradenton Floridaadditional reading:https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/tips/the-inductive-method-of-bible-study-the-basics-11628183.htmlhttps://www.crossway.org/articles/10-tips-for-getting-started-with-inductive-bible-study/

Pilgrim Benham shares with us about the importance of giving our hearers an opportunity to respond to the invitation and challenges of the gospel message on the spot. He also talks with Mike about preaching with props, seeking out meaningful feedback and making the most of Mondays.http://pilgrimbenham.com/http://www.thisisshoreline.com/sermonarchive#_=_