Our pastoral staff spent Sunday night and all day Monday in Blowing Rock, NC. It was a time of retreat, renewal, and connection. It was also a result of my commitment to be more focused and diligent in my leadership of my friends and colleagues on the staff. As I’ve posted here before, I am Read the full article…
I’ve looked at message preparation on every post this week. By now in the process, I have selected a title, excavated Scripture, unearthed one main point, and then attempted to bring that point to life. To this point, it’s all pen on paper (very 20th Century, I know). My next step is actually to write Read the full article…
My last post talked about getting to that one thing in a passage of Scripture that is practically begging to be preached. Once I settle on that, it’s time to bring it to life. That’s what happens on the sheet of paper to the right. I get the main idea and then do a solo Read the full article…
So let’s say I’ve got a series. I’ve even got a title or a starting point for a particular message. Where do I go from there? The bible passage itself. In general I use one passage rather than collecting several unrelated verses and making a sermon out of them. It’s easier to “drill down” — Read the full article…
People often ask me where ideas for messages — and even the messages themselves — come from. I even get asked if the Methodist Church gives its pastors the topics to address each week (the answer to that is a most definite “no.”) So where do sermons come from? For some pastors, sermon subjects come Read the full article…
