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Do not feel too shy to express your honest opinion. Praise be to GOD in the Highest. Al Simmons. Even though there is a lot of vitality in some of the points you make in your article, I find it have the same negative characteristics as a long boring dry sermon you discussed.
Please allow God's people to enjoy the messenger whom they have chosen to listen to and follow. Your drop-in judgmental opinions make your observations questionable? I will stop before I join you in the witchcraft, my opinion and observation is correct and everybody need to agree. Thomas K Imolele. Here in Africa, 10 minutes message is not likely to have the necessay impact. I understand why it is the opposite in the mind or churches of those who advocates for 10 mins.
However, haven said that, i have been to meetings where the speakers preached for one hour and the congregation urges him to go on and never stop. Your guess is as good as mine. The word of God is life and if your message is not having the necessary impact, you are the first to know and you must stop. B H Grace. I have heard that anything less than three hours in some places would be considered an insult or concern for the pastor's health.
Jerry Burns. I can hardly believe what I am reading! I sincerely believe that many Pastors are selling their congregants short. You are underestimating them and allowing a minority to rule and hinder spiritual growth.
Can anyone spell Laodicea? What if the teacher of your children in Public School sent home a note that read, "Henceforth, the day will consist of 10 minutes of teaching and the rest will be lunch, recess and child care.
Most of the Apostles, and many early disciples, were martyred for their teaching and preaching. I sure hope they can't hear our pitiful whining! Nathan Nielson. One of the most pertinent questions I've ever asked people when they pass by me after the service and say: "Great Message, Pastor! It's so humbling, their responses Maybe it's because in my three-person prayer team pre-service prayers, it's often said, "please empower our Pastor so people can see Christ through his message.
What do people see, when they see you, preacher? If they see Christ - and revel in the Word of God lived out in your life during the week, then preach on Is what you're teaching them relevant to the dramatic challenges they face on Thursday afternoon, or are you simply concerned with whether or not your prowess as a preacher is notable.
I Cor. Joseph Penrose. I'm taken back by all these comments as first you need to understand its not about you This is God's pedestal to deliver his words, not your words Find it in the Bible where he reflects 10 minutes is great God has never reflected a time limit on delivering his Word It's so easy to fall to worldly views, isn't it?
If a few Pastors say we should do it this way, then it's only a worldly view It's not God's view Pray to God and ask what to preach on and how much time to devote to his Word You'll get an answer Ask yourself these questions Are you preaching from God's heart? Are you preaching with the passion he has given you? You can't do that in 10 minutes I don't have an answer for a time line, but it's not 10 minutes So your telling me your giving 30 minutes of sermons a month and you're going to rely that on the building of your congregation If your not preaching with God's passion, no wonder they want to go home I rarely make a post here because it doesn't I'll leave the rest up to you Thank you kindly in advance Please pray for the 10 minute preachers to see and feel more about what they preach and how they preach it Tough topic, Ed.
In the 1st Century, they would usually read an entire epistle. How much commentary or homily they used along with that I don't know, but just reading an entire epistle would put most of our people to sleep today. The 1st Century folks had no AC, no comfortable pews, sound systems, etc and yet they turned the world upside down.
Edwards had 17 points in his introduction and held the sermon in front of his face while speaking in a monotone and people felt like the floor was going to give out and drop them into Hell. After my oldest granddaughter heard my first 45 min sermon she said mine was too short as her pastor preaches for 90 minutes. Maybe instead of length, though I can't picture me doing a 10 minute one, maybe we should ask the Holy Spirit for the power and allow Him to dictate the time.
I have preached varying length messages, but I quit trying to time them early in my ministry. I am finished when I am finished. I love preaching in Black churches because they do not give five minute warnings with their phone alarms letting me know it is almost noon because I don't even get the pulpit until noon.
Some of my longer messages have had more positive responses than my shorter ones even in our microwave age. However, I believe the best responses have come when I remember to pray before the message, "God, I am all they have right now.
Use me in spite of myself. You get the glory. I flopped. More Spirit concern and less mechanics concern may be the key. Cliff Nunn. Is time the important factor? More likely it is the content and delivery of the subject which will hold the congegation's attention.
A one-sided ball game and the TV audience plumits - as too a sermon. With the Lord on-board a speaker can engage a congregation for as long as it takes - be it 10 minurtes or 2 hours - and hold their attention to the end.
The message and presentation are be the prime factors not a period of time allocvated to the preacher in the service. Conversly a 2 hour address presented in 30 minutes may well have your congregation on the edge of their seats. Back to the Basics. The Best Christmas Ever. The Always God. The Prince of Peace. Print Save. Every illustration or example that is unnecessary or confusing. I am making sure that the Big Idea is clear.
I am checking to ensure I am staying true to the scripture. I am imagining myself preaching the message on stage and rewording things more like I would actually say them. I am evaluating the application points.
I also try to put myself in the shoes of people in the congregation. I am asking what would Phil think about this? How might Jane object to this thought? I am crossing out entire paragraphs and circling others and drawing arrows to where they need to be moved. I am filling the margins with thoughts, ideas, sentences that I want to add, or facts I need to research further. Being admittedly too detail oriented, I am also editing for grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Grammar mistakes and typos drive me crazy, and in the rush to finish the message my manuscript is always full of them. By the time I am done, my manuscript is destroyed.
Where I may have started with 8 pages, I am usually down to pages by the time I am finished. When I have fully demolished my manuscript, I then get back on my computer and put it back together. Delete everything you crossed out. Make all the changes you marked up.
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