Season 04

The Christmas season is upon us! This is a unique time in the calendar year when nominal Christians and occasional visitors will come to your church to sing songs and listen to a sermon. How can we leverage this opportunity for the gospel? How can a preacher, who has perhaps p...

Sam Storms is a veteran preacher, author and seminary professor with nearly five decades of ministry experience in this interview (originally released in April of 2022) He emphasizes the importance of being open to the Holy Spirit during the preparation and deli...

Dr Justin Holcomb speaks with Mike Neglia about his theological journey and ministry experience that began under the mentorship of Carl Dixon in Calvary Chapel Sarasota and he now finds himself as an Episcopal priest and theology and apologetics professor at&nbs...

Most times I don’t “finish” a sermon until 7am on Sunday when I have to close the computer and send my notes to the media team. The process for me is part investigation, part devotion, and part screen writing. I have recently begun to embrace the challenge of the writing proce...

Pastor Paul Leboutillier is a wise, mature and seasoned saint and between training sessions in Boise, Idaho he sat down with Mike for a conversation about the difference between self awareness and self obsession, being thrown Into the deep end of ministry way too young, a...

December has arrived, and we decided to dig into the vaults and pull out this treasure from 2021 - Mike speaks with pastor, musician and self-proclaimed "Ambassador of Christmas" Ronnie Martin about how preachers can leverage this annual opportunity for the gospel? H...

Paul LeBoutillier gives half a dozen solid, practical pieces of advice that each and every Bible teacher can implement right away, and begin to see growth and progress. Thoughtful wisdom concerning the sermon preparation process, heart analysis and checking our own motive...

In episode 250 of the podcast Heath Hardesty speaks with Mike Neglia about mirth, cultural engagement and the artistry of preaching. Heath Hardesty was born and raised in Boulder County, Colorado, and now lives in Livermore. Before pastoring, h worked as a plumber's apprentice...

The Christmas season is upon us! This is a unique time in the calendar year when nominal Christians and occasional visitors will come to your church to sing songs and listen to a sermon. How can we leverage this opportunity for the gospel? How can a preacher, who has perhaps p...

The ministry of the Word and the care of souls is certainly not limited only to the preaching event. Pastors are called not only to minister with an open Bible from the pulpit, but also with an open Bible from the counselling couch as well. Kike Torres returns for a second tim...

The one notable distinction between Elder and Deacon virtues listened in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1 is a single Greek word didaktikos, which has been translated as “Able to teach” “apt to teach”“skilful in teaching” in various English translations. What exactly does that mean? Mi...

Mentorship or coaching from an older wiser more experienced preacher is a crucial ingredient if you want to grow in your personal study and public proclamation of Gods word. This episode features testimonials of gratitude from 10 former guest highlighting the leaders who took ...

Since our preaching builds, affirms and creates the culture of our churches, it is vitally important that we emphasize and consistently hold out not only the gospel itself, but the cultural implications thereof.  In this workshop, given at the CGN International Pastors an...

In this engaging and thought-provoking conversation Nick Cady  and Mike Neglia  speak with Robert Fergusson about the value of storytelling in preaching. Our postmodern world cherishes stories of individuals yet is skeptical of an overarching metanarrative - Rob...

Tucker Maile, lead pastor of Calvary Boise, speaks with Mike about getting his "preacher's sea legs" after floundering about for the first few minutes at the start of each sermon. They also speak about their shared conviction about the power of monological preaching, and the s...

At our training events, you never know who might just pop in for a surprise visit!  Our guest on the show this week is Dr. Ed Stetzer, one of the best people around who can explain to us the cultural moment that we are in, and why verse by verse expository preac...

Bryan Chapell - 239 Dr. Bryan Chapell speaks with Mike about the importance of pastoral care, and the irreplaceable value of love in pastoral ministry.   Bryan Chapell currently leads the Administrative Committee of the Presbyterian Church i...

Mike speaks with Angie Velasquez Thornton about the good desire to address the immediate felt needs of our hearers, and the importance of digging deeper in order to get to the real heart of the matter.

Dominic Done, Clay Worrell, Nick Cady and Tim Chaddick answer questions from participants at our most recent Expositors Collective in person training event, hosted by Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa in beautiful southern California. They answer questions about dealing with crit...

In this teaching Tim Chaddick encourages us to prioritize our reading, plan our rhythms and practice our rules for our personal spiritual health, relational well-being and power and clarity in our public proclamation of Gods word.  As you listen in on this recor...

We strive to be studious at our desks, lucid and clear in our communication and accurate in our exegesis; but without the empowering of the Holy Spirit our messages will be powerless and dry. Brian Brodersen shares about the vital necessity of dependency upon the Spirit in eve...

Dr Don Sunukjian's lifelong love has been preaching, both as a pastor and a teacher. His passion is to see God's Word presented with accuracy, clarity, interest and relevance. With doctorates in theology and communication and 21 years as a senior pastor, he brings both scholar...

Jesus of Nazareth is the great Subject of our preaching and the Hero of our Sermons, but in what ways should Jesus be a role model in our preaching style and sermon construction? In this engaging conversation with Matthean scholar Dr Jonathan Pennington, Mike Neglia finds out ...

Suzy Silk  a deep well of wisdom and thoughtfulness, particularly concerning the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament, and we are excited for you to listen in on this conversation about the difference between clumsy and sloppy use of the OT to point towards Christ and a more ca...