Comments on: Taking Series Seriously – Part 2

By: Pastor Rob

Pastor Rob — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:49:57 +0000

Thanks Peter for your comments. I agree with you wholeheartedly. I have noticed that people are already getting the theme of the book of Colossians as we have started a series in it. This was encouraging and I know the Holy Spirit is moving. Last week we had 4 non believers show up which was a total surprise to me and my message was entitled, “The Supremacy of the Gospel”—and I got to proclaim the gospel to them. So yes, the Lord was working!

By: Kevin Purcell

Kevin Purcell — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:16:43 +0000

About the length of a series in a book, how about breaking up the book into a series of series. For example, one could preach through Revelation and deal with the 7 churches in a series on the 7 churches. Take a short break with a one, two or three part series on a holiday, other topic or something. Then go back and take the next logical section and as they say, rinse and repeat!

By: Cal Habig

Cal Habig — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:48:43 +0000

I sometimes try to do mini-series within series. I am preaching through the book of Acts this year (hopefully I will not fall into your verse-by-verse for seven years trap). But I am currently in a mini-series on stewardship. I was at Acts 4:32-37. I will follow that by returning to Acts 2:44-47 to look at what aspects of stewardship are addressed there and then will jump out of order to look at Acts 20:35. While I recognize that I am jumping WAY out of order to address the Acts 20 passage, it lets me keep the theme of stewardship together and provide a little bit of a break from the steady working through the book together. I have done that before and have found it helpful…both for my congregation as well as for me!