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Polishing the Pulpit - Sevierville 2025
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Monday
, April 28
Hidden Trail Restaurant
8:30pm •
Hangout: Games, Snacks, Conversation
Hotel Cades Cove
8:20am •
What Was the "Love Feast"?
9:00am •
Engaging the Skeptics (Series): God’s Relationship to Time
9:40am •
What Did Josephus Really Say About Jesus?
10:20am •
Cognitive Bias and Biblical Interpretation: How Flawed Reasoning Can Cost You Your Soul
11:00am •
The Greatest Prophecies of Isaiah
1:30pm •
The Letters between Pliny and Emperor Trajan
2:30pm •
Two for One: Growing the Kingdom by Planting Churches
3:30pm •
In Science Should We Trust? The Ongoing Reproducibility Crisis
4:30pm •
Worship, Oh What a Weariness (Lessons from Malachi)
6:00pm •
Historical Backgrounds of Bible Places: Egypt (Part 1)
Hotel Deep Creek
8:20am •
The God of the Gaps: What I Learned from My Debate with Well-known Skeptic Michael Shermer
9:00am •
The Greatest Prophecies of the Psalms
9:40am •
Straight Talk—Here Is What You Need to Know (Series): Elder to Elders
10:20am •
Attributes to Look for and to Avoid While Dating
11:00am •
Launch: What Every Parent and Congregation Should Make Sure Teens Leaving for College Know
1:30pm •
The Love of God in the Midst of Failure
2:30pm •
The Man Who Made Jesus Marvel
3:30pm •
The Whole Picture: The True Nature of Reality
4:30pm •
Seven Problems the Church Will Always Face—And How to Handle Them (Part 2)
6:00pm •
The Power of a Righteous Mother’s Prayer
Pigeon Forge Community Center
8:30pm •
Pre-Teen Late Night: Pigeon Forge Community Center
SEC Atrium
8:00pm •
Atrium Singing
SEC Ballroom A
7:30am •
Morning Devotional: Seize the Day! Every Day Is an Opportunity
8:20am •
What Christians Should Know about Vaping
9:00am •
An Examination of What Is Being Communicated in Some Popular Youth Songs: Flows Right through Me Like a Mighty Rushing Wind, Blaze, Spirit, Blaze, There’s a Sweet, Sweet Spirit in this Place
9:40am •
Hagfish, Harry Frogs, and Other Natural Wonders that Point to Our Creator
10:20am •
Evangelism Visualized
11:00am •
Ethics at the End of Life: Traumatic Brain Injury and the Life and Legacy of Sophia Smith
12:30pm •
Sandwich Session: Digging Deep Awards Ceremony and 2024 Kickoff
1:30pm •
Lock the Back Door
2:30pm •
Who May Marry, Divorce, and Remarry?
3:30pm •
Composer Spotlight—Let Us Offer the Fruit of Our Lips
4:30pm •
What Does Our Desire for Justice Tell Us about God?
6:00pm •
Fear: The Great Enemy of Soldiers
SEC Ballroom B
8:20am •
The Forgiven Woman: Lessons from Mary Magdalene
9:00am •
Practical Guidance for Overcoming Discouragement
9:40am •
Your Past Should Not Define You
10:20am •
Am I Fully Trusting?
11:00am •
What Does a Godly Marriage Look Like? (Part 1)
12:45pm •
Taking Care of the Temple (Part 1): Ways to Improve Your Sleep (1 Corinthians 3:17)
1:30pm •
Helping Small Congregations Grow
2:30pm •
What Does a Godly Marriage Look Like? (Part 2)
3:30pm •
What If It Is Too Late? Help for Parents of Rebellious Children
4:30pm •
Learning to Trust God in Tough Times
6:00pm •
Seven Minutes of Wisdom: We May Ignore It, but God Will Not
SEC Ballroom C
8:20am •
Abortion after Rowe—The Legal Landscape of Abortion after the Overturning of Rowe v. Wade
9:00am •
Back to Basics—Understanding the "Why" behind the "What" and How to Elevate It (Series): Assembling for Worship (Attendance)
9:40am •
My Heart Is Fixed
10:20am •
1 Corinthians 7 in Everyday Language
11:00am •
Do You Enjoy Your Relationship with God?
12:30pm •
Hurry Back Session: Sex, Gender, and Archaeology
1:30pm •
Panel: Setting Congregational Goals and Hitting the Mark
2:30pm •
Two for One: Is it Okay to Go to Denominational Events?
2:30pm •
Two for One: How to Use Church Events to Reach Your Friends with the Gospel
3:30pm •
Seven Minutes of Wisdom for Elders
4:30pm •
How Is AI Changing School and Work for Christians?
6:00pm •
The Foundation Chapter of Scripture: Luke 24
SEC Ballroom D
8:20am •
Composer Spotlight—Andy Will Teach Songs He Has Written
9:00am •
How You Can Help the Church to Grow
9:40am •
If Your Church Ceased to Exist, Would the Community Notice?
10:20am •
The Importance of Being Coachable
11:00am •
Why Christians Have a Moral Duty to Share Their Wealth (2 Corinthians 9:11–14)
12:45pm •
Sandwich Session: Sing on, Joyful Pilgrims
1:30pm •
Questions and Answers
2:30pm •
Singing Class: Polishing the Pews—Renewing, Refreshing, and Recharging the Song Service
3:30pm •
Seven Minutes of Wisdom on Doubt
4:30pm •
That Text Might Not Mean What You Think It Says (Series): Romans 8:28—How Can They Be Good?
6:00pm •
Harmonizing the Christian’s Dual Citizenship
SEC Concourse Tables
9:00am •
Getting the Congregation Involved in Evangelism that Works (Sign up Required)
11:00am •
An Ancient Coin Cleaning Workshop
1:30pm •
Homeschool Huddle
3:30pm •
Meet and Greet: Special Needs Parents
4:30pm •
Hangout: Games, Snacks, Conversation
8:30pm •
PTP-University: Hangout—RUSH night at LazerPort Fun Center
SEC EHA
8:20am •
Not a Kids’ Story (Series): Plagues of Egypt
9:00am •
Opening Prayer
9:00am •
Seven "Nevers" Promised to Those Who Trust in Christ
9:40am •
Straight Talk—Here Is What You Need to Know (Series): Preacher to Preachers
9:40am •
Opening Prayer
10:20am •
Opening Prayer
10:20am •
Hot Button Issues: What Does the Bible Say about Secret Societies?
11:00am •
Opening Prayer
11:00am •
Places that Will Change Your Life (Series): The Throne of God (Ephesians 3:14ff; cf. Psalm 122:1)
1:30pm •
Hot Button Issues: Wine for Heart Health—Do Medicine and Scripture Support Moderate Drinking?
2:30pm •
The Importance of Your Spiritual Legacy
2:30pm •
Opening Prayer
3:30pm •
Opening Prayer
3:30pm •
Learn to Be Accountable, Because You Will Be Held Accountable
6:00pm •
The Greatest Sermons Preached in the Last Two Hundred Years: Johnny Ramsey—Revelation
6:45pm •
Congregational Singing
6:55pm •
Welcome (MC)
6:57pm •
Prayer
7:00pm •
You Never Mentioned Him to Me
7:40pm •
Invitation/Responses
SEC EHB
9:30am •
Words Every Christian Should Know (Series): INSPIRATION
3:30pm •
Children’s Bible Class Teacher Resources: Make and Take at Your Own Pace
8:00pm •
Bedtime Devotional for Children
8:30pm •
Teen Late Night: Get Acquainted—Fun and Games
SEC Meeting Room A
8:20am •
How I Can Help My Small Congregation Survive
9:00am •
What Can We Learn from Heroes of the Old Testament
9:40am •
Metrics of Congregational Success (Series): The Divine Metric—What Can We Do?
10:20am •
Church Pictures: Called-out People
11:00am •
Five Reasons Everyone Should Study Typology
1:30pm •
Worldview (Part 1): What Is a Worldview and Why Does it Matter?
2:30pm •
The Effects of Divorce on Children
3:30pm •
What You Should Know about the Dark Web
4:30pm •
Worldview (Part 2): Building vs. Deconstruction
6:00pm •
The First Picture of Jesus: A Look at the Alexamenos Graffito
SEC Meeting Room B
8:20am •
If You Do Not Fish, You Will Fight
9:00am •
Developing an Effective Private Prayer Life (Part 1): Developing the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22–23)
9:40am •
Tempted to Go Back? Here Is What to Do
10:20am •
Minister and Elder: Navigating Both Duties at the Same Time
11:00am •
What Makes a Good Leader?
1:30pm •
I Could Use Some Help (How to Ask; How to Hear)
2:30pm •
Using Cell Biology and the Bible to Convert an Atheist (Part 1)
3:30pm •
Worship: The "Why" behind the "What"
4:30pm •
Using Cell Biology and the Bible to Convert an Atheist (Part 2)
SEC Meeting Room CD
8:20am •
Sustained Congregational Evangelism: We Are Now in Our Third Year, and We Are Still Baptizing
9:00am •
Seven Problems the Church Will Always Face—And How to Handle Them (Part 1)
9:40am •
Five Ways Parents Unknowingly Raise a Bully, and How to Stop It
10:20am •
That Text Might Not Mean What You Think It Says (Series): Proverbs 22:6—But Don’t Good Parents Have Unfaithful Children Sometimes?
11:00am •
Interesting Things from my Collection (Series): Were the Egyptian Hyksos "Shepherd Kings" Israelites?
1:30pm •
Random Psalms: Eternal Lessons in Psalm 9
2:30pm •
Church Growth (Series): Taking a Congregation from 50 Members to 100
3:30pm •
How to Excel As a Deacon (Part 1)
4:30pm •
God’s Amazing Attributes (Part 1): All-knowing … of Me (Psalm 139:1–6)
6:00pm •
Five Reasons Why People Stop Going to Church (and What It Means to Churches)
8:30pm •
Hangout: Games, Snacks, Conversation
SEC Show Manager’s Room (1)
8:30am •
Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (by Appointment)
9:30am •
Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (by Appointment)
1:00pm •
Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (by Appointment)
2:00pm •
Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (by Appointment)
3:00pm •
Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (by Appointment)
SEC Show Manager’s Room (2)
8:30am •
Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (by Appointment)
9:30am •
Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (by Appointment)
1:00pm •
Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (by Appointment)
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Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (by Appointment)
3:00pm •
Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (by Appointment)
6:00pm •
Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (by Appointment)
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