If you’re a loyal reader of this blog, you’ll no doubt remember that we’ve been talking about the George W. Truett Sermons project for quite some time. From their original arrival in late 2012 to an exploration of the story behind their original recording and broadcast via a Mexican “border blaster” radio station, we’ve…
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A Christmas Gift To Our Readers: The George W. Truett Megamix 1941!
As our gift to you, our loyal readers, we created this mashup of some of the greatest clips from the George W. Truett Collection’s sermons from 1941, condensed for you into one 3:00 MP3. We hope you enjoy the message, and we look forward to 2014 and another year of providing you with great digital…
Project Update: The George W. Truett Sermons Collection Hits Milestone
After a year of devoted attention from myself and Audiovisual Specialist Stephen Bolech, we’re excited to provide an update on the George W. Truett Sermons Collection: all of Dr. Truett’s extant sermons from 1941 have been digitized, transcribed and added to the collection! The 36 sermons from 1941 include 31 Sunday services (or 60% of…
How A Depression-Era Huckster’s Radio Station Brought God’s Word to Mexico – and Beyond – Via George W. Truett
This is the first installment in a special three-part blog series on the project to digitize and present online the final sermons of George W. Truett (1867-1944), noted pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas and namesake of Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary. One of the most interesting examples of God’s ability to…
Farmers’ Wives, Insane Asylums and Dr. G.W. Truett’s Sermons of the 1940s
George W. Truett was an unrivaled master of the preacher’s art for telling an engaging story, for drawing parallels between the Bible’s cast of characters and his contemporary audience, and for recalling passages of Scripture at the drop of a mic. But even he wasn’t above falling prey to passing along misinformation, and in at…
On A (Little Blue Bird’s) Wing and a Prayer: Announcing the @GWTruettSermons Twitter Account!
This is the third and final installment in a special three-part blog series on the project to digitize and present online the final sermons of George W. Truett (1867-1944), noted pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas and namesake of Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary. Read Part I here and Part II here….
The Power Behind the Call: Examining the Rhetorical and Presentation Styles of G.W. Truett’s Sermons
This is the second installment in a special three-part blog series on the project to digitize and present online the final sermons of George W. Truett (1867-1944), noted pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas and namesake of Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary. Read the previous installment here. The human voice is a…
Announcing A Trifecta of Upcoming Truett Posts
On most Thursdays, you expect to see a piping hot post from this blog delivered to your inbox or RSS reader. But this week, we’re going to do a brief tease for an upcoming three-part blog series centered around one of our most interesting, exciting and potentially soul-saving collections yet! George W. Truett’s name is…
A Second Helping of Thanksgiving Gratitude Courtesy Rev. Selsus E. Tull
Anyone can post an article about Thanksgiving the week of; what would happen if you got another chance to think about gratitude, thanksgiving and spirituality the week after? To find out, read this guest post by Professional Writing senior Will Overton on the theme of thanksgiving throughout the sermons of Rev. Selsus E. Tull. A…
Evangeline’s Windy City Pilgrimage
Sometimes a project comes together after a long, thought-out process. Sometimes it’s serendipity – something you couldn’t plan for just happens and the right things come together. Sometimes it spins organically out of an existing situation, a related set of materials nestled together under a broader umbrella. And sometimes, it’s all of those things ……
We Don’t Pin But We Do Tumble: The Rationale Behind Our Social Media Outreach
It’s become an accepted fact – and has drifted well into trope territory – that everyone is obsessed with social media. Saturated with it. Filtered through it. Even addicted to the point of being unable to sit through an entire meal without checking it. The corollary to this “fact” is that everyone, everywhere should be…
A Double Inspiration: The Tragic and Triumphant Lives of Judge Quentin Corley and Frank G. Coleman
As the work to post the audio of the final years of Dr. George W. Truett’s long career continues apace, I was generating a transcript for his sermon of January 3, 1943 when a story caught my attention. Truett uses a fair number of what I privately call his “modern day parables” to help illustrate…