Sermon: Training The Rock for the Hard Place
26th May 2020
Most ‘sermons’ are rather pointless – somebody talking to you about what is important to them rather than what is important to you (necessarily). This one is different.
A good sermon raises questions rather than trying to answer them, although it may suggest certain answers; it never leaves you exactly where you started. And you really can’t ask for more than that.
(Well, you could, but you won’t get it. So deal.)
May 27th, 2020 at 11:24
I’ve noticed that you can pick out a newly graduated preacher within 5 minutes after starting a sermon. Instead of just saying something, they will quote a source (as if they still had to please a professor), and the more quotes (and more obscure) the happier they are with their presentation.
A good sermon is leading you down a path to make some point, or better yet, to open your mind to thinking about something from a different view. Religion professors are no different than any other kind of damn professors: Your presentation must be about making the prof happy that you put in a sufficient amount of time and struggle.