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Originally Posted by Neckstadt
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....
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Neck
What is wrong with a preacher using a laptop? I use mine and I will tell you why. I am a full time evangelist and instead of have 4 or 5 brief cases full of notes I have them all stored on my computer. It saves packing room and everything is organized.
When I go to the pulpit I am not trying to make a presentation. There is a difference in preparing to speak at a corporate business meeting and preaching. That being said, I don't trust my memory enough to go into a buisness meeting to make a presentation with out notes of some sort. I would have points I wanted to make in a certain order and I would want them outlined in front of me to make sure that I go in the proper order so I arrive at the desired results. With preaching I am wanting to bring people to a place where they come face to face with God and how God sees them. If that takes an hour of preaching my notes then ok, If that is a hour where I never look at my notes then ok. If it happens 10 minutes after I start preaching and I have pages of notes left then that is ok to. When I start preaching I am looking for the right place to give the altar call and necessarly finish my notes.
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