Applications of Sage Preaching & Teaching
Preaching & Teaching the Book of James
Together we'll learn to apply foundational sage practices when preaching & teaching through the book of James.
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Please note: we are now only offering the Webster Groves Evening Sessions (and live stream of that event)
Webster Groves Evening Sessions
When? 6:30-9 pm
Where? Riverside Church, 9440 Big Bend Blvd, Webster Groves, MO 63119
What? Sage Preaching & Teaching Applied: The Wisdom We Need When Our Faith is Tested: Preaching and Teaching the Book of James
Who? Anyone who preaches or teaches the Bible, or who is looking to better understand James’s message
Cost? $35 recommended donation, or pay what you’re able. We don’t want cost to be a deterrent. Nobody is required to pay to attend. Registration includes a free e-book that will be sent via email post-event.
Zack Eswine
Dr. Zack Eswine is the Lead Pastor of Riverside Church (EPC) in St Louis, Missouri and co-founder of Sage Christianity with his wife, Jessica. Zack is a sought-after preacher and the author of several books, including The Imperfect Pastor, which received Christianity Today’s Book of the Year Award in Church/Pastoral Leadership, and Preaching to a Post-Everything World, which received Preaching Today’s Book of the Year Award. His other books, Spurgeon’s Sorrows: Realistic Hope for Those Who Struggle with Depression and his book Recovering Eden: The Gospel According to Ecclesiastes express his heart for the care of souls. Zack’s newest book, Wiser With Jesus: Overcoming the Temptations that Hinder Your Relationships, Steal Your Time, Mar Your Decision–Making and Thwart Your Purpose, will be released early next year.
Register Today
To register for in-person or livestream attendance, click on the “Register” button below. There is a $35 suggested donation for this event, but we hope that cost will not prohibit anyone from joining us. Anything given beyond $35 will go toward Sage’s ongoing ministries.
For those who will join us online, a link will be sent out the day before the event.
Schedule at Riverside in Webster Groves
Join us in person or online via live stream!
6:15 pm | Gather / Welcome
6:20 pm | Session 1
Locating the Wisdom of Jesus When our Faith is Tested (how the wisdom of Jesus informs and shapes the book of James)
7:05 pm | Break
7:15 pm | Session 2
Discerning and Overcoming the Cultural and Personal Pressures that Test our Faith (how the cultural pressures James encountered provide a lens by which to see our own)
8 pm | Break
8:15 pm | Session 3
How to Handle Confrontation with Truth When We Already Feel Condemned and Wore Out (handling the "mean" passages in the book of James)
9 pm | Q & A
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