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<img src="https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/125395.jpg?w=540" width="540" /><p class="text">Pastors have been using other preacher's material for years. When I was growing up, preachers would regularly quote Billy Graham, Vance Pittman, and Charles Spurgeon. They would also throw in a quote from their favorite childhood preacher or seminary professor. This was common and even expected. Preachers steal lines from each other all the time. If you are ever in a conversation with a preacher and say something witty, the preacher in the group will shout out, "That will preach!" When you hear that, you know your line has been stolen.</p>
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<p class="text">I have friends who are professional speakers who charge several thousand dollars per speech. When I talk to any of them, they always feel sorry for me. What they do is prepare four or five very good speeches and give those speeches to different audiences. Pastors preach to the same congregation week after week. According to my speaking friends it's a lot easier to find a new audience than it is to write a new speech.</p>
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<p class="text">This may be a news flash for those of you who sit in the pews every week, but preaching is hard. Good preaching is harder. Great preaching is almost impossible.</p>
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<p class="text">Preparing a sermon takes a lot of time. The rule of thumb is one hour of preparation for every minute you speak. it's not hard to find something to say. There is always more to say than you can include in one sermon. The hardest part is crafting what has been learned in research into a form that can be heard and remembered by the congregation. The Scripture has to be explained, the context given, and an application made to the congregation's life, and all of this has to be done within the limits of an ever-shrinking attention span.</p>
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<p class="text">Churches would do well to protect the sermon preparation time needed ...</p><p class="more"><a href="https://www.christianitytoday.com/scot-mcknight/2021/september/violation-of-trust.html">Continue reading</a>...</p>
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