We want to direct people to the grace of God, not dazzle them with our productions. We don’t want to raise church people who are too casual in their worship that they’d rather sit back and enjoy their lattes instead of getting awed and captivated and mesmerized by the wonders of God.
Category: Pastors and Preaching
Go Home!
The motto of all true servants of God must be, ‘We preach Christ; and Him crucified.’ A sermon without Christ in it is like a loaf of bread without any flour in it. No Christ in your sermon, sir? Then go home, and never preach again until you have something worth preaching.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Have Something to Say
Instead of focusing on gathering a crowd, focus on having something to say. If you have something to say, the crowd will take care of itself.
Dallas Willard
Sermon Outlines
The preacher should be able to remember his sermon very well that his outline could be blown off the pulpit by the wind and he’s still able to preach the whole sermon without missing anything.
If your outline is so complicated and all your points are difficult to remember even if you’re the one who wrote them, you cannot expect the congregation to remember anything. You should be able to recall your outline as you go along. The less you rely on your notes, the more the people are likely to remember the sermon. You should labor to make your sermon simple and uncomplicated.
Sermon Analysis
Critical analysis of [your own] preaching is too much like going through surgery: Cutting to the heart of the message also cut to the heart of the messenger.
Bruce Mawhinney, Preaching with Freshness
Bruce Mawhinney
No preacher is big enough to do more than preach.
Jojo Agot 