Comments on: Notes or no notes? – Part 1 http://biblicalpreaching.net/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/ Wed, 23 May 2012 11:17:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: David Buckham http://biblicalpreaching.net/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/#comment-4993 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:48:44 +0000 http://biblicalpreaching.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/#comment-4993 I recently discovered this blog and have really been enjoying reading some of the older posts. I switched about 4 months ago from manuscript to “image mapped” sermons. Still working through some of the bumps but I feel much more free in delivery and connection is much better.

all about Christ,
David Buckham

]]> By: Bill Dickson http://biblicalpreaching.net/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/#comment-3128 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:09:54 +0000 http://biblicalpreaching.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/#comment-3128 A classic on the question is freely available online here,

Preaching Without Notes By Richard Salter Storrs

http://books.google.com/books?id=mRFOd3tGePEC

cheers,

Bill+

]]> By: Tom Shuck http://biblicalpreaching.net/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/#comment-101 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:47:42 +0000 http://biblicalpreaching.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/#comment-101 Another good book on preaching without notes is Wilbur Ellsworth’s The Power Of Speaking God’s Word: How To Preach Memorable Sermons.

I preach usually at least twice a week-often more-and find that by using hardly any notes – an outline on one side of a sheet of paper that I have to know my text, preaching point, and sermonic outline very very well. In the past I used full notes, but have grown to realize (for me at least) that full notes can lead to more of a historical or exgetical lecture than actually shepherding people with God’s Word.

hello to Stephen Watson!

]]> By: Peter Mead http://biblicalpreaching.net/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/#comment-95 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:06:27 +0000 http://biblicalpreaching.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/#comment-95 Thanks Stephen. Your comment prompted me to add a third post to the series on no notes preaching. I don’t think that will be the end of the series!

]]> By: Stephen Watson http://biblicalpreaching.net/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/#comment-94 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 23:19:31 +0000 http://biblicalpreaching.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/#comment-94 Peter – I am a frequest reader of the blog and I am looking forward to this discussion. I read most of Charles Koller’s book How to Preach Without Notes several years ago and it was a terrific help. I still use more of an outline brief, but do not lean heavily on the notes except to keep me on track – which is what the passage does as well. I have been told that John Piper uses a full manuscript. What are your thoughts on this? The defense of using a manuscript I have been told is to insure every thought is well developed and theologically sound. I personally like the freedom of seeing people eye to eye. I feel as though they are more engaged and are hearing from you as someone who cares for their soul.

]]> By: J. Gary Ellison http://biblicalpreaching.net/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/#comment-90 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:33:20 +0000 http://biblicalpreaching.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/#comment-90 I agree that preaching without notes is so liberating. Flowing from the hours invested in study, meticulous preparation of an abandoned manuscript, and praying through the passage, there is often a spontaneity that comes when one is not staring at notes but is looking into the faces of the hearers. The Lord often brings thoughts or applications to mind that were not anticipated, something which did not happen when I was tied to my notes. I can only speak from personal perspective, but it seems that there is a fresher anointing and especially an authority when you have nothing in your hand and heart but the Word of God.

]]> By: Peter Mead http://biblicalpreaching.net/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/#comment-89 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:37:25 +0000 http://biblicalpreaching.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/#comment-89 Thanks Steve – Interesting description of powerpoint!

Regarding detours . . . I hesitate to use the term “extemporaneous” preaching because it sounds too much like “spontaneous” preaching. I’ve been thinking back over the last years and I think I can say that I deviate less from my outline and message now that I preach without notes than when I used notes. Maybe it is because I have forced myself to prepare more fully (not true in every case, but generally). It is possible that I stick closer to one text now than I used to, which leaves less detour opportunities.

]]> By: Steve Knight http://biblicalpreaching.net/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/#comment-88 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:55:49 +0000 http://biblicalpreaching.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/#comment-88 I guess I fall into a weird middle ground. At the moment I write extensive notes, but when I preach barely refer to them.
I can find it a real pressure to get a sermon written in time when life is manic and work has many demands on my time. The act of writing (I’d even go as far as crafting) a sermon helps me to get the clarity I need.
I know I’ve preached well when I haven’t refered to my notes at all and the sermon I have given has detoured from what I had committed to paper.
Having said that, those of us who use power point are just using notes in a different way. Huge, publicly available prompt cards that help us to stay on track and not miss any important points.

]]> By: Guy Davies http://biblicalpreaching.net/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/#comment-86 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:41:57 +0000 http://biblicalpreaching.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/#comment-86 I agree with you. I posted on this subject a little while back and had some interesting responses:

http://exiledpreacher.blogspot.com/2007/02/extemporary-preaching.html

]]> By: A Steward of the Secret Things http://biblicalpreaching.net/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/#comment-85 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:28:23 +0000 http://biblicalpreaching.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/notes-or-no-notes-part-1/#comment-85 [...] Biblical Preaching puts the case for preaching without notes [...]

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