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Troy Day | PentecostalTheology.com
Do you write out your sermons, use an outline, memorize your thoughts and writings, or shoot from the hip?
Joseph D. Absher
Location location location
Varnel Watson
Michael Ellis Carter Jr. I know for a fact Joseph D. Absher carries his portable pulpit with digitally screening notes when he preaches on the corner of 25 and 11th, while Henry Volk uses 15th century liturgical lectionaries and follows them to the letter text and side margins notes included 🙂 I did have one student preacher who insisted to mention his works cited while preaching on The Factors that Bring Revival Walter Polasik
I asked him to change sermon title to The Factors that Stop Revival
Exibit A: Footnotes to your sermon 🙂
Joseph D. Absher
I just can’t use a tablet or electronic device for preaching. Just can’t.
Brian Crisp
If you have to right out a sermon then you may want to check your calling. I mean if your called by God then the word is all you need. I jot down a few verses for tome sake but never wright out a sermon.
Varnel Watson
Brian I respect you so much that with respect I must say – this was just about the dumbest thing you wrote on the internet today 🙂 Just think of Wesley, Spurgeon and the rest of them sermon writers. Should they check their calling too?
Varnel Watson
Know your limitations. I’ve seen Brody Pope run the pews but when you get my age something like that can sure put you in the hospital
Joseph D. Absher
Know your God
Know your material
Know your objective
Know your audience
Know your self
Varnel Watson
Joseph D. Absher With all these things to know you may wannt writ them down 🙂
Brian Crisp
Lol. If you have to write down word for word what you are gonna say yes check your calling. No it’s not a dumb statement just too much for you I guess.
Varnel Watson
Brian What about Wesley, Spurgeon. They wrote it all down. It is the only way we have their sermons today word for word. Did they have the wrong calling?
Brian Crisp
They wrote down things they said like a journal. Nothing wrong with that but if you have to have notes in front of you to speak yeah wrong calling.
Varnel Watson
Nope Spurgeon and Wesley both wrote and read their sermons. Apart from their journals. So did Edwards, Calvin, Luther and yes even Arminius Billy Graham always uses notes
Brian Crisp
If you say so then I guess that makes it true lol.
Varnel Watson
I’d say it is time you start using notes and check your facts when preaching or your calling may be leading your congregation astray. Just saying
Brian Crisp
I don’t believe Paul, Peter, or John had to have notes. Preachers I respect and love to hear have no notes
Joseph D. Absher
Notes are good for a scheduled meeting if theirs time. Second stringers gotta be ready. lol an hour or two notice is enough time to get right with God
Brian Crisp
That’s the dumbest I have seen in a while congrats.
Joseph D. Absher
lol I’m gonna move my notes under yours Mr Brian Crisp
Varnel Watson
OK Michael Ellis Carter Jr. I take it back From the hip is right
Brian Crisp Here is a great example of Jesus reading His WHOLE sermon BTW someone else wrote it for Him that day:
And there was given unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 20And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down.
Joseph D. Absher
For me the most important thing is credibility. And the father’s heart. A word in season for him that is weary. And Jesus name held high
Joseph D. Absher
Best to have Jesus in the introduction, theme, and conclusion.
Varnel Watson
If you lack notes before your, you are constantly … improvising OR just have nothing important to say neither have put much time in creating the proper way to tell it to your congregation. Good chance they will not remember much of it either
Nelson Banuchi
Only preached less than 10 times. I write a thesis statement, with an informative outline and shoot from there.
Joseph D. Absher
If I remember correctly Jonathan Edwards sermon “in the hands of an angry God” were read. And we’re the catalyst for the first great awakening in America.
Jesus sermon on the mount the best sermon of all time was without notes.
I believe the average preachers falls in the middle somewhere.
Varnel Watson
I’ve learned the very very hard way that any outline with more than 2-3 points and a message longer than 25 minutes will not be well received or even memorable . I am saying this having preached 6-hour sermons with quite some success too 🙂
Varnel Watson
Joseph D. Absher Preaching from the heart today. Subject: SUPER GOD
Joseph D. Absher
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”
– Shakespeare’
Varnel Watson
A rose is a rose is a rose
Joseph D. Absher
Unless it’s the Lily of the valley, a spring in dry land or a man that bled and died. Then it’s fairest of ten thousand a lamb for sinners slain. Jesus Christ the righteous. Jesus Christ the Son of God.
Varnel Watson
Rose was her name and would she have been Rose if her name had not been Rose.