“Preaching on your feet” is the phrase public speaker and pastor Fred Lybrand uses to describe his unique method of pulpit communication. In layman’s terms, it involves being “in the moment,” not solely relying on pre-written notes (though they can still be helpful), and staying open to what God might have in store during any given preaching appointment. It all adds up to a heart-to-heart style of delivery that makes preaching a joy for both the orator and listener time and again. Aspiring and veteran pastors alike will find much to consider and implement in this refreshing new volume on homiletics.
Dr. Fred R. Lybrand has 19 years of management and consulting experience. He provided the background and research to co-found TrimTab Solutions. He has been a catalyst to develop understanding and skills in Structural Dynamics and the Kolbe Conative Index.
His interest in communication, teamwork, and individual giftedness has led him into Human Resource consulting with a variety of companies and firms including large independent oil and gas exploration companies - Burlington Resources, Marathon Oil, and Pioneer Natural Resources. His work with Pioneer Natural Resources is what led Hermann Eben to develop the Kolbe skills and co-found TrimTab Solutions.
He has provided insight and leadership in the development and growth of a private school that provides education from the seventh to twelfth grade. The school provides a - classical education - focused on teaching students through the Socratic method using classical books, interactive science and math, logic, language arts, the creative process, and the foundation of the Bible.
Fred provided the leadership to build a church with a growing worldwide impact, and which is centered on a team concept of leadership (www.midlandbible.org)...and recently retired from serving as the Senior Pastor of Northeast Bible Evangelical Free Church (www.northeastbiblechurch.com) to pursue an extended focus on writing and speaking.
Fred has written and published five books; Heavenly Citizenship; The Spiritual Alternative to Power Politics, The Absolute Quickest Way to Help Your Child Change, About Life and Uganda, Preaching On Your Feet, and Back to Faith (August 2009). His sixth book will be available in February of 2010 [Glaen: A Novel View on Romance, Love, and Relating].
Fred lives in San Antonio, Texas. He grew up in Anniston Alabama, where his father practiced law and served in the state legislature for two terms. He attended the University of Alabama and majored in English Literature, with a minor in Speech Communication. He was inducted into the English Honor Society and was given a graduate fellowship to teach the introductory Speech Communication course for two years at the University of Alabama.
He attended the University of Alabama School of Law for one year before withdrawing in order to pursue theological studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He formally graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1989, with honors. In 2008 he received his doctorate from Phoenix Seminary. Fred is the father of five children and is still joyfully married to Jody, his wife of 27 years.
He is certified as a Business Structural Consultant, an Individual Structural Consultant, a Creating What Matters facilitator, a Managerial Moment of Truth facilitator, a Kolbe Conative Index Interpreter, certified in Myers-Briggs Temperament Indicator, certified consultant in Natural Church Development processes. For more information about Fred go to www.fredlybrand.org.
