Category Archives: Stage 8 – Message Detail
Saturday Short Thought: Fresh Over Abundance from a Can
This week the blog has been pondering issues of recycling sermonic materials and also recycling other peoples’ materials. Meanwhile we’ve welcomed a healthy baby daughter into our home and we are both thankful to our gracious Lord and very tired! … Continue reading →
Eco-Preaching: Recycling and Plagiarism
We live in an age of unprecedented access to information. Cut and Paste was a hassle until a few years ago. Now there is endless resource online just sitting there ready to be plagiarized. At the same time, preachers face … Continue reading →
Eco-Preaching: 5 Dangers of Recycling Sermons
Yesterday I offered five potential benefits of recycling sermons. Now let’s consider five dangers: 1. Personal stagnation. John Wesley is widely credited with saying “Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame if I … Continue reading →
Eco-Preaching: 5 Benefits of Recycling Sermons
Here are five potential benefits that can come from recycling sermons. Not every one will apply to every situation, nor will every one always be a benefit. Please apply wisdom and balance this post with tomorrow’s post on the dangers … Continue reading →
Eco-Preaching: Recycled Sermons Must Be Refreshed
I don’t believe a preacher should pull out an old sermon and just preach it, unless the invitation to preach was five seconds before the sermon slot. Any longer notice and the preacher should be prayerfully refreshing the message. Undoubtedly, … Continue reading →
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Eco-Preaching: Ever Old, Always New
This week I’d like to go green and consider the notion of recycling sermons. We’ll touch on different aspects of this broad subject over the next few days (although there may be a quiet day or two as we have … Continue reading →
Why I’m Not Rushing to Two-Person Preaching – Part 2
If our churches follow cultural trends, which they tend to, does this mean we are facing the prospect of “sanctified banter preaching?” After all, it seems like everywhere we look in the media, there are now two presenters, two DJ’s, … Continue reading →
Why I Am Not Rushing to Two-Person Preaching
Whether we admit it or not, our churches are shaped by our culture. When overhead projectors became the thing in business meetings, so suddenly preachers wondered how Wesley had survived without acetates. Then preachers pondered the problems Spurgeon must have … Continue reading →
Filed under Audience Analysis, Christianity, Delivery, Homiletics, Preaching, Religion, Stage 8 - Message Detail
Radio Interview: The Leadership File
A few weeks ago I was invited to head into London for an interview on Premier Christian Radio, with Andy Peck on The Leadership File. The show was broadcast on the 18th December, and is now available on demand in … Continue reading →
Bible Software and Sermon Prep
This post isn’t a fair comparison of Bible software, but it is a suggestion that you look into the value of something beyond the free options. I shared a free option on Monday, and others have followed in the comments. … Continue reading →
