Polishing the Pulpit - Sevierville 2026

Polishing the Pulpit - Sevierville 2026

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7:55am EDT

Early Bird Atrium Singing and Prayer AtriumMark Morgan

8:15am EDT

Defending the Bible Against False Charges: "The Bible Is Full of Contradictions and Discrepancies" Ballroom CJustin Rogers Finding the Man in the Plan: Looking for Jesus in the Conversion Accounts—The Resurrected Judge—Athens (Acts 17) EHAMichael Shepherd Image Insights: Masada—Whose Is God in a Time of Crisis? Hotel Cades CoveJohn Moore Morning Marriage Class: When I Don't Feel Love in My Marriage Ballroom DMark Reynolds Is God Wasting Your Life? Fighting the Discontentment of Singleness Meeting Room BKevin Rutherford The Most Marginalized Minority: How We Can Better Suit Our Assemblies for the Disabled Meeting Room ADavid Looney When I Think About the Future, I Think of Two Things: The Faith of Young Preachers and God's Providence Meeting Room CDPaul Sain Who Am I Now? Finding Yourself When Life Changes Hotel Deep CreekGary Massey Bible Marking Class: The Biblical Roles of Men and Women Ballroom BKevin Rhodes Bible Class Teachers' Workshop 3: Stories from the Early Church Concourse TablesApril Meacham Wacaster Bible Class Teachers' Workshop 3: Stories from the Early Church Concourse TablesTeah McWhorter How to Love Your Bible Study Time Ballroom AAmy Albers

9:00am EDT

Bee-ing Like Jesus: Lessons for Living from 2 Timothy—Be Diligent in Study (2:15) EHBTodd Clippard Gluttony and Its Place Among the Seven Deadly Sins Meeting Room CDDaniel Stearsman Getting the Congregation Involved in Evangelism That Works (Sign Up Required) Concourse TablesRob Whitacre Aim All You Have at Heaven: How God Rewards Ambitious Generosity EHAWestley Hazel How to Love When You Feel Wrath Ballroom AAustin Johnson God and the Problem of Evil: Prayer, Providence, and Suffering Hotel Deep CreekKerry Duke Contagious Joy in a Never-Enough World: What Your Gratitude Speaks to Those Around You Ballroom BDan Winkler Bible Marking Class: How and Where the New Testament Writers Reaffirm the Ten Commandments (Minus One) Meeting Room BAustin Fowler What Does It Mean That Salvation Is of the Jews? (John 4:22) Ballroom DRick Brumback Babies Have to Grow Up: Helping Babes in Christ Grow Ballroom CCindy Colley Children's Bible Class Teacher Resources: Make & Take at Your Own Pace EHBKaren Perkins Children's Bible Class Teacher Resources: Make & Take at Your Own Pace EHBRenee Brown What This Woman Has Done Will Be Told as a Memorial (Mark 14:8) Hotel Cades CoveCarla Moore Six Tips on Building the Community Your Youth Group Needs Meeting Room ATy Rhymes Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (1)David Looney Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (1)Kay Looney Confidental Women's Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (2)Dana Glasscock

10:00am EDT

Trusting God Through Suffering and Confusion Meeting Room BStephen Bradd Getting the Congregation Involved in Evangelism That Works (Sign Up Required) Concourse TablesRob Whitacre Go and Make Disciples Hotel Cades CoveChris Donovant Overcoming Personal Evangelistic Challenges Meeting Room AJohn Garza Engaging the Skeptics on Answered Prayer: Does God Always Say “Yes”? Hotel Deep CreekCaleb Colley Seven Steps to Strengthen Your Prayer Life Ballroom AGreg Dismuke Why Would God Allow Your Disappointments? Ballroom BMike Vestal Christ's Supremacy and Sufficiency: Studies in Colossians—The Effects of Being Risen with Christ (3:1-4:6) Ballroom DCliff Goodwin Is Your Heart Broken? (Romans 9:1-3) EHAEric Owens Five Tips for Better Time Management Ballroom CBecky Blackmon Navigating Singlehood (Widowed/Divorced/Single) Meeting Room CDApril Meacham Wacaster Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (1)David Looney Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (1)Kay Looney

11:00am EDT

Finding the Man in the Plan: Looking for Jesus in the Conversion Accounts—The Provider of Courage—Corinth (Acts 18) Ballroom AJoshua Cantrell From Legion to Region (Mark 5) Meeting Room BMarlon Retana The Seven Deadly Sins of Apologetics Hotel Deep CreekDewayne Bryant Sermon Outlines: Some of My Favorites Concourse TablesMark Posey The Ten Most Important Biblical Coins Meeting Room CDLuke Griffin The Man of God You Could Become: Six Steps Toward Spiritual Maturity Ballroom DB. J. Clarke The Woman of God You Could Become: Six Steps Toward Spiritual Maturity Ballroom CSheila Butt Five Reasons You Can Trust Your Bible EHADoug Burleson Is the Bible Trustworthy? Proofs of Inspiration: Scientific Foreknowledge Ballroom BTrent Kennedy Homeschooling Through Adversity (From Someone with 25 Years of Experience) Hotel Cades CoveAmy Albers WWJD: What Would Judas Do? What We Can Learn from Judas About Finances Meeting Room AKeno Shrum

12:30pm EDT

Hurry Back Session: Some Ideas to Reach the Hispanics in Your Community Ballroom BChris Donovant Hurry Back Session: Some Ideas to Reach the Hispanics in Your Community Ballroom BCarlos Hernandez Hurry Back Session: Interesting Items in My Collection: The Sea of Galilee Boat Discovered in 1986 Meeting Room ABob Stancell Hurry Back Session: Beyond the Words: Cultivating a Prayer Life Meeting Room CDMitzi Samek Hurry Back Session: Tips for Using Technology/Social Media to Reach out to the Youth and Families in Your Community Meeting Room BJoshua Posey

1:30pm EDT

Finding the Man in the Plan: Looking for Jesus in the Conversion Accounts—The Coming and Promised One—Ephesus (Acts 19) Ballroom BMike Vestal The Making of a Skeptic Meeting Room BSerge Shoemaker Is What I Do in My Private Life the Church’s Concern? Hotel Deep CreekAndy Robison A New Work and a New Approach in India Meeting Room APrasanth Dasari Is It Okay to Question God? Meeting Room CDCharles Cochran Doing Hard Things: Practicing an Offensive Love EHAJoe Wells God's Wisdom For Grads Ballroom AForest Antemesaris Christ's Supremacy and Sufficiency: Studies in Colossians—Fellow-Workers unto the Kingdom of God (4:7-18) Ballroom DCliff Goodwin Avoiding Compassion Fatigue: Suggestions for Bearing One Another's Burdens Without Growing Weary (Galatians 6:1-10) Ballroom CDenise Martin Bold as a Lioness (Proverbs 28:1) Hotel Cades CoveJessica Donovant Homeschool Huddle Concourse TablesKristi Griffin Homeschool Huddle Concourse TablesChelsea Jones

2:00pm EDT

Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (1)John Ferguson

2:15pm EDT

Bee-ing Like Jesus: Lessons for Living from 2 Timothy—Be a Vessel of Honor (2:20-21) EHBTodd Clippard The Death, Burial, and Resurrection of the Christian (Romans 6:1-4) EHADan Winkler Image Insights: The Judean Wilderness—The Light Which Comes from God Meeting Room CDJohn Moore Parents: Leave a Legacy for Your Children Meeting Room BFreddie Klein Love the Lord with Physical Endurance: All Your Strength (Mark 12:30) Ballroom BMike Hixson Confrontational Christlikeness Ballroom DJeremy Pate Is the Bible Trustworthy? Proofs of Inspiration: Historical and Archeological Accuracy Hotel Cades CoveLuke Griffin Seven Passages of Scripture You May Have Been Avoiding Ballroom ADoug Burleson Fun and Flexible Bible Class Ideas Hotel Deep CreekSheila Holloway Kudos to the Caretakers: Golden Rule Boot Camp Ballroom CCindy Colley Confidental Women's Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (2)Dana Glasscock Future Leaders Workshop - Class 3 Meeting Room AKirk Brothers Future Leaders Workshop - Class 3 Meeting Room AGary Hampton Future Leaders Workshop - Class 3 Meeting Room AVictor Eskew

2:30pm EDT

Singles Hangout 50-64 Concourse TablesChantelle Swayne • Patrick Swayne

3:00pm EDT

Hot Button Issues: Is Pornography Use Grounds for Divorce? Ballroom BGlenn Colley "Nobody Wants to Study the Bible Anymore" (What!?) Hotel Cades CoveRobert Youngblood The Uses and Abuses of Shame and Guilt EHAGreg Dismuke The Power and Responsibility of Faithful Interpreters Meeting Room BMarlon Retana Eleven Powerful Ways to Start a Sermon Ballroom AWade Webster Oh Me of Little Faith Ballroom DChris Donovant Lessons from Exodus: The Reception of Grace (Exodus 32–40) Meeting Room CDJustin Rogers How to Maximize Your Role as an Elder's Wife Hotel Deep CreekLaura Boyd Stir One Another up to Love and Good Works: The “One Anothers” Among Us Who Need Stirring the Most Ballroom CCeline Sparks Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (1)John Ferguson

3:45pm EDT

Toolbox: Case Studies in Shepherding—Small Group Problem-Solving (2a) Hotel Cades CoveGlenn Colley How to Confidently Share the Gospel with Friends, Family, Strangers, or Anyone! Meeting Room CDEric Sykes Seven Reasons Why I Want to Go to Heaven EHADon Blackwell Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DFreddie Klein Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DRobert Young Sr. Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DSerge Shoemaker Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DChance Hicks Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DOdie Duncan Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DTrent Kennedy Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DCharles Cochran Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DWalker Cain Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DBrooks Boyd Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DJoshua Cantrell Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DRick Harrison Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DMarlon Retana Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DAndy Robison Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DDale Babinsky Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DBen Phillips Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DMark Weaver Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DPaul Sain Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DMatt Wallin Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DRoger Leonard Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DCarlos Hernandez Two Minutes, Tops: One Simple Thing to Pray for That Makes a Difference Ballroom DWill Hanstein How Do We Determine Which Parts of the Bible Are Binding and Which Parts Are Non-Binding? Meeting Room BRick Brumback Q&A Session Ballroom ATodd Clippard Q&A Session Ballroom AMatt Jones Is the Bible Trustworthy? Proofs of Inspiration: Unity and Consistency Hotel Deep CreekMike Vestal The Psalms Know What You Feel—A Sufferer’s Guide to the Longest Book of the Bible Ballroom BMark Reynolds Morality and Ethics in the Bible: A Foundation for Living Ballroom CSheila Butt

4:30pm EDT

Singles Hangout (65+) Concourse TablesMartha Blouin • Robert Blouin

6:00pm EDT

Hurry Back Session: Insights into a Deacon's Work from His Qualifications: Good Reputation and Evangelism Efforts Meeting Room BKeno Shrum Hurry Back Session: Where Is God When the Innocent Suffer? Ballroom DStephen Bradd Hurry Back Session: Toolbox: Case Studies in Shepherding—Presentation of Solutions (2b) Hotel Cades CoveGlenn Colley Hurry Back Session: Pompeii and Plagues Ballroom COdie Duncan Hurry Back Session (Coordinator): Brotherhood Resources YOU Can Use - International Gospel Hour Ballroom AJeff Archey Hurry Back Session: Brotherhood Resources YOU Can Use - House to House Print Shop Ballroom AJon Butler Hurry Back Session: Brotherhood Resources YOU Can Use - International Academy of Biblical Studies Ballroom ARoger Leonard Hurry Back Session: Brotherhood resources YOU Can Use - KAIO Publications Ballroom AJoe Wells Hurry Back Session: Brotherhood Resources YOU Can Use - PTP365 Ballroom AMark Howell Hurry Back Session: Brotherhood Resources YOU Can Use - Scattered Abroad Network Ballroom AMichael Clarke Hurry Back Session: Preaching Ain't for Sissies Ballroom BMichael Shepherd

6:15pm EDT

Congregational Singing: Songs About Heaven EHAAdam Faughn

6:40pm EDT

PTP Graduation! EHAMike Hixson

6:55pm EDT

Opening Prayer EHAGary Hampton Welcome (Emcee) EHAJeff Archey

7:00pm EDT

The Challenges of Christianity: The Challenge of Perseverance (John 6:67) EHADavid Smith Be of Good Cheer: Reasons for Optimism in a Day of Challenges Gatlinburg cofCAndy Robison Be of Good Cheer: Reasons for Optimism in a Day of Challenges Great Smoky Mountains cofCPaul Sain Be of Good Cheer: Reasons for Optimism in a Day of Challenges Sevierville cofCMark Posey

7:40pm EDT

Invitation / Responses / Closing Prayer EHAJeff Archey

7:45pm EDT

Presentation of PTP 2025 Video EHAJeff Archey

8:00pm EDT

Bedtime Devotional for Children (Ages 2-9) Concourse TablesTodd Clippard Panel: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven Ballroom AGreg Dismuke Panel: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven Ballroom AB. J. Clarke Panel: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven Ballroom AWestley Hazel Panel: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven Ballroom ASteve Higginbotham Beardless to Greybeards: Selection of Final Youth Speeches Meeting Room AKirk Brothers Beardless to Greybeards: Selection of Final Youth Speeches Meeting Room AJustin Rogers Beardless to Greybeards: Selection of Final Youth Speeches Meeting Room AVictor Eskew Beardless to Greybeards: Selection of Final Youth Speeches Meeting Room AGary Hampton

8:30pm EDT

PTP-University: Hangout Concourse TablesMatt Jones Singles Hangout Hotel Cades CoveErin Moore Singles Hangout Hotel Cades CoveJohn Moore Singles Hangout Hidden Trails RestaurantHeather Scarborough Singles Hangout Hidden Trails RestaurantChuck Scarborough Teen Late Night: Lazer Port Off-siteBrandon Jackson Teen Late Night: Lazer Port Off-siteMary Carole Jackson

8:45pm EDT

Atrium Singing AtriumAndy Baker Atrium Singing AtriumParker Webster

9:30pm EDT

Pre-Teen Late Night: Ropes Course, Putt Putt, Games at River Lodge Off-siteDaniela Cantrell Pre-Teen Late Night: Ropes Course, Putt Putt, Games at River Lodge Off-siteJoshua Cantrell

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