Dear ______: Wow! You get to preach a sermon to a real congregation in a real worship service for the first time — and before you start your field education. That’s great. I’m glad your pastor invited you. In my last letter I said that this would be easier than preaching in the local rescue […]
Preaching at the Rescue Mission? (Letters to a Young Pastor)
Dear ______: Thanks so much for your letters. Sorry I haven’t been able to write back for a while. I tore a tendon in my right hand and it is only now healing enough that I can type. My most recent letters to you were about your preaching class, so this new question fits in […]
Do You Cite Your Sources in Sermons? (Letters to a Young Pastor)
Dear ______: Well I suppose you are right on both counts: I didn’t quite answer your question, and I didn’t explain my most interesting point very well. Sorry. I’ll give it another go. You asked Just how much do pastors depend other people’s commentaries in their sermon development? How much is reading or quoting others […]
Commentaries in Preaching? (Letters to a Young Pastor)
Dear ______: Glad to hear that the preaching class is moving from frightening to exciting. Preaching should probably always be both. And you are surely right when you suggest that preaching for a preaching class is very different from preaching every single Sunday in a church. Commentaries in preaching That’s true in quite a lot […]
Your First Sermon (Letters to a Young Pastor)
Dear ______: Well I have to say your letter brought me joy: I know being in your first preaching class makes you nervous, but I think it is just great. Whether you become “a preacher” full time or not, Christians are given good news to share with the world. Preaching class is a lab to […]
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