Preachers Needing Help!

[StillStanding]

Originally Posted by Theophil

Good point! LOL
BTW...Why aren't you in church???

hahahaha! My grandbaby came home from the hospital tonight! I helped them move all the flowers and such to their home!

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by Pianoman

hahahaha! My grandbaby came home from the hospital tonight! I helped them move all the flowers and such to their home!

And, Mrs. PM must still be with the mom and baby!

[KarenJo]

Originally Posted by Pianoman

What if the results the preacher wants, is a good response?????

That’s just sad! But we’ve all been in services where the emotions are running high and to be honest, most preachers know some “catch phrases” that will give them the response that they want.

Results are better than Response, at least in my opinion!

[chseeads]

A lot of preachers say a lot of junk that's nothing but fluff and bunk. It's just the preacher thing to say. I tire of all the fake malarkey they spout off, particularly when they first start to speak. It takes them 15 minutes to say "I'm glad to be here," and I have my doubts as to whether half of them really are.

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by Pianoman

hahahaha! My grandbaby came home from the hospital tonight! I helped them move all the flowers and such to their home!

[rgcraig]

I love the stories some will tell, then find out later that it's completely fabricated to fit the sermon........not cool.

[chseeads]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

I love the stories some will tell, then find out later that it's completely fabricated to fit the sermon........not cool.

[Sister Alvear]

I like fresh bread from God's table not a lot of copied stuff.

[Neck]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

I love the stories some will tell, then find out later that it's completely fabricated to fit the sermon........not cool.

Here is what bothers me:

A computer in the pulpit.

15 pages of 8.5x11 notes that they flip through...

Stories they start and do not finish.

Make a point and say we will get to this later.

Jump in the pulpit screaming and clapping and then can't talk once the praise stops.

Google sermons get on my nerves.

Scripture reading by the chapters.

How I preach:

The same preparation that I go with in a board meeting to present a million dollar technology persentation.

Memorize your sermon and leave an opening for the anointing to move.

Understand the theme of your sermon.

When your mind goes blank get back to a question that you are trying to have the folks in pew answer....

We expect our music ministers to sing and know their words and notes.

So why do we put up with lazy ministers who have to bring notebooks and PC's into the pulpit???

That bothers me....

They would not last 2 weeks if they were reviewed by the men and women in my professional business life....

We use power point in our presentations.

They are expected.

We should not expect a computer in the pulpit unless they are using powerpoint and we see the presentation.

I think there needs to be a retreat where some of these men go and understand the way to preach.

They should attend a session every year....

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

How about preachers that say the word "........" ten times at a huge conference?

Everybody just grins and laughs it off.

If it were our kids, we would beat their little tushies for using such crude language, especially in church.

I slipped up said "Oh ........" one time in my Sunday School class. (I splashed mud on my white suit, so it was a little bit justified, but still obviously inappropriate.) There was a moment of shocked silence, and then I moved on hoping they hadn't really noticed...(should've apologized, but I didn't).

Later in the lesson, I was talking about how we all do things wrong from time to time, but God loves us anyway, and forgives us when we ask. One of the little boys in the class raised his hand and asked bluntly, "You mean like when you said a bad word?" LOL!!!! I said, "Yes, like that." And then we all repented together.

No tellin' how many kids went home and told their parents that "Abi said a bad word today!"