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Polishing the Pulpit - Sevierville 2026
Polishing the Pulpit - Sevierville 2026
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Wednesday
, August 19
Atrium
7:55am •
Early Bird Atrium Singing and Prayer
8:20pm •
Atrium Singing
8:20pm •
Atrium Singing
Ballroom A
8:15am •
Bible Marking Class: How Does God Answer Our Prayers?
9:00am •
Seven Lessons We Can Learn from Jesus’ Incarnation (John 1:14-18)
10:00am •
The Haunted House of Human Approval
11:00am •
Ten Things Your Husband Hates
12:30pm •
Hurry Back Session: Finding the Man in the Plan: Looking for Jesus in the Conversion Accounts—The Persecuted Jesus—Saul (Acts 9, 22, 26)
1:30pm •
The Christian's Filter
2:15pm •
It Runs in the Family Until It Runs into Me: How to Identify and Cease Sins in Your Family History
3:00pm •
Strategies for Preaching to the Polarized
3:45pm •
How to Train Your Dragons: Ending Pet Sins Before They End You
6:00pm •
Hurry Back Session: Reasons Why People Do Not Obey the Gospel
Ballroom B
8:15am •
Born Again, to Die Every Day (John 3:5; 1 Corinthians 15:31)
9:00am •
Two for One: When My Love for Christ Grows Weak
9:00am •
Two for One: When My Love for Man Grows Weak
10:00am •
A Few Things I Have Learned from 58 Years of Preaching
11:00am •
Do You Know How to Rebuke? Techniques for Speaking the Truth in Love
12:30pm •
Hurry Back Session: Posting with Purpose: Social Media and Christian Apologetics
1:30pm •
Finding the Man in the Plan: Looking for Jesus in the Conversion Accounts—Lord of All—Cornelius’ Household (Acts 10-11)
2:15pm •
Ten Things Your Wife Hates
3:00pm •
How Can I Have Joy When I Have to Carry a Cross?
3:45pm •
Two for One: What You Should Use AI For
3:45pm •
Two for One: What You Shouldn't Use AI For
6:00pm •
Hurry Back Session: Lead Like the Lord: Lessons in Leadership from Jesus—How Do You Define Success?
Ballroom C
8:15am •
A Quick Overview of the Fifteen Periods of Bible History
9:00am •
Spiritual Musts Versus Physical Desires
10:00am •
Ten Quick Prayer Suggestions
11:00am •
The Importance of Purity and Modesty
12:30pm •
Hurry Back Session: Over 5,000 U.S. Baptisms—Why You Should Enroll in HTHSOE
1:30pm •
Oh, to Be Like Thee
2:15pm •
Walking in Truth and Holiness (Ephesians 4:17-32)
3:00pm •
Should a Women Remain Silent in Bible Class?
3:45pm •
Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Does Retelling a Story Count as Gossip?
3:45pm •
Seven Minutes of Wisdom: When Should My Children Get a Phone or Social Media?
3:45pm •
Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Should Women Be Allowed to Make Announcements or Serve on the Lord's Table?
3:45pm •
Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Are Smut Books the Same as Porn?
3:45pm •
Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Is It Wrong for a Mother to Work Outside of the Home?
3:45pm •
Seven Minutes of Wisdom: How Do I Work in the Church with Someone Who Does Not Like Me?
6:00pm •
Hurry Back Session: What Addicts Need from You
Ballroom D
8:15am •
Morning Marriage Class: A Man's Most Important Need
9:00am •
Teaching Jesus in Evangelism
10:00am •
Christ's Supremacy and Sufficiency: Studies in Colossians—My Heart Is with You: Introduction to Colossians
11:00am •
Defending the Bible Against False Charges: "The Bible Was Compiled by Plagiarism"
12:30pm •
Digging Deep Review: Bullet Points from the Conversations Study
1:30pm •
Christ's Supremacy and Sufficiency: Studies in Colossians—Thanking God for Gospel Fruit (1:1-14)
2:15pm •
Spiritual Procrastination: The Most Innocent Path to Hell
3:00pm •
Lead Like the Lord: Lessons in Leadership from Jesus—Courageously Calm, Coach, Character
3:45pm •
Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Be Stressed Out and Do Not Sin
3:45pm •
Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Be Angry and Do Not Sin
3:45pm •
Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Be Persecuted and Do Not Sin
3:45pm •
Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Be Anxious and Do Not Sin
3:45pm •
Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Be Tempted and Do Not Sin
3:45pm •
Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Be Guilty and Do Not Sin More
6:00pm •
Hurry Back Session: Luke's Models of Faith: Barnabas—A Model Encourager
Concourse Tables
8:15am •
Bible Class Teachers' Workshop 1: Noah
8:15am •
Bible Class Teachers' Workshop 1: Noah
10:00am •
Getting the Congregation Involved in Evangelism That Works (Sign Up Required)
11:00am •
Getting the Congregation Involved in Evangelism That Works (Sign Up Required)
1:15pm •
Meet and Greet: Foster Families
1:15pm •
Meet and Greet: Foster Families
2:30pm •
Singles Hangout 50-64
4:30pm •
Singles Hangout (65+)
8:00pm •
Bedtime Devotional for Children (Ages 2-9)
8:30pm •
PTP-University: Hangout
EHA
8:15am •
Finding the Man in the Plan: Looking for Jesus in the Conversion Accounts—The Lamb—Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8)
9:00am •
If Jesus Sat with a Trans Person (Part 1)
10:00am •
I Am Mine No More
11:00am •
Contrary to Nature: Paul's Rebuke of Homosexuality in Romans 1:26-27
1:30pm •
Is Your God Too Small?
2:15pm •
Lessons from the Paraplegic Man (Mark 2)
3:00pm •
Seven Details to See (and Learn from) in Your Past
3:45pm •
The Birds and the Bees of the Gospel (John 3:1-5)
6:30pm •
Congregational Singing
6:55pm •
Welcome (Emcee)
6:55pm •
Opening Prayer
7:00pm •
Two for One: The Challenges of Christianity: The Challenge of Sincerity—Hypocrisy (Matthew 23:33)
7:00pm •
Two for One: The Challenges of Christianity: The Challenge of Sincerity—Traditions (Matthew 15:3)
7:45pm •
Invitation / Responses / Closing Prayer
7:50pm •
Betty Tyler Service Award Presentation: Tammy Bear
8:00pm •
Lifetime Service Award Presentation: Jim Dearman
EHB
9:00am •
Words Every Christian Should Know: Redemption
2:15pm •
Words Every Christian Should Know: Crucify
2:30pm •
Children's Bible Class Teacher Resources: Make & Take at Your Own Pace
2:30pm •
Children's Bible Class Teacher Resources: Make & Take at Your Own Pace
Hidden Trails Restaurant
8:30pm •
Singles Hangout
8:30pm •
Singles Hangout
Hotel Cades Cove
8:15am •
Lead Like the Lord: Lessons in Leadership from Jesus—Common, Clear Thinking, Competent
9:00am •
What Do You Mean "Be Silent?" (1 Corinthians 14:34)
10:00am •
Is the Bible Trustworthy? Have Translation and Transmission Errors Corrupted the Bible?
11:00am •
Love the Lord with Spiritual Enthusiasm: All Your Soul (Mark 12:30)
1:30pm •
Nuts and Bolts: How to Start a Yearlong, Congregational Bible Learning Initiative
2:15pm •
Forgive and Forget . . . But How?
3:00pm •
What I Learned Through Successes and Mistakes of Parenting
3:45pm •
Two for One: What Can Older Women Learn from Younger Women?
3:45pm •
Two for One: What Can Younger Women Learn from Older Women?
5:30pm •
Meet and Greet Zone: Churches Looking for Preachers / Preachers Looking for Churches
8:30pm •
Singles Hangout
8:30pm •
Singles Hangout
Hotel Deep Creek
8:15am •
Prophet on the Run: Jonah’s Ancient Near Eastern Background
9:00am •
God and the Problem of Evil: How to Respond to Skeptics
10:00am •
Engaging the Skeptics on the Incarnation: Can God Be a Human Son?
11:00am •
The Top 10 Things the IRS Will Be Looking for This Year
1:30pm •
Do They See Christ in Me Every Day?
2:15pm •
Are Christians Authorized to Save Money?
3:00pm •
A Former Ballroom Dancer Looks at the Sin of Dancing
3:45pm •
God and the Problem of Evil: If God Is Loving, How Can Hell Be Just?
Manager's Showroom (1)
9:00am •
Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment)
9:00am •
Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment)
10:00am •
Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment)
10:00am •
Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment)
2:00pm •
Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment)
3:00pm •
Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment)
Manager's Showroom (2)
9:00am •
Confidental Women's Counseling (By Appointment)
10:30am •
Confidental Women's Counseling (By Appointment)
2:00pm •
Preacher Renewal (By Appointment)
3:00pm •
Preacher Renewal (By Appointment)
Meeting Room A
8:15am •
Volunteer Engagement: How Can We Encourage and Utilize the Talents and Time of Our Members to Maximize Ministry Impact?
9:00am •
Five Foundations for a Strong Family
10:00am •
How to Raise Funds for Mission Work
11:00am •
Taking the Second Step: Prospects
12:30pm •
Hurry Back Session: The Characteristics of Knowing God
1:30pm •
A Peek at the Devil's Playbook
2:15pm •
Future Leaders Workshop - Class 1
2:15pm •
Future Leaders Workshop - Class 1
Meeting Room B
8:15am •
The Indispensable Lives of “Ordinary” Christians
9:00am •
Help Me! My Mate Is Dealing with Critical Illness!
10:00am •
The Most Important Lesson in the Bible Study and Why
11:00am •
Does Each Person Have a Soulmate?
12:30pm •
Hurry Back Session: Crime, Punishment, and the Bible (Part 3)
1:30pm •
Ideas to Stay Busy for the Lord in Your Older Years
2:15pm •
Seven Essential Preaching Topics for Youth Preachers
3:00pm •
Developing Missions Congregations That Are Self-Supporting, Self-Governing, and Self-Propagating
3:45pm •
Ask the Bible Anything: God Rewards the Hardest Questions
Meeting Room CD
8:15am •
The Fall of Jerusalem (AD 70)
9:00am •
Small Churches in the New Testament: The Philippi Church of Christ (Acts 16)—It Began with Two Very Different Families
10:00am •
I Know There Are Lost Souls, but What Can I Do About It?
11:00am •
Bouncing Back from Bitter (Part 3)
1:30pm •
Combating Laziness/Procrastination: How to Streamline Your Workflow in Local Work
2:15pm •
Cities of the Apostle Paul: Philippi
3:00pm •
The Joy of Overlooking an Offense
3:45pm •
Lessons from Exodus: The Birth of a Nation (Exodus 1–19)
6:00pm •
Hurry Back Session: Tips for Evangelizing in "Progressive" Communities
Off-site
8:30pm •
Pre-Teen Late Night: Sevier Air
8:30pm •
Teen Late Night: Xtreme Racing
8:30pm •
Pre-Teen Late Night: Sevier Air
8:30pm •
Teen Late Night: Xtreme Racing
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