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A Clear Purpose Avoids the Black Hole
The Sermon Sucking Black HoleA Clear Purpose Avoids the Black Hole In the last post we saw that the people who listen to you are the best critics of your message. Are your messages hitting home? If not, they will be sucked up into the black hole of sermons on Monday. In this post we are going to see […]
The Best Sermon Critics
The Sermon Sucking Black HoleThe Best Sermon Critics We are considering how to avoid the great sermon sucking black hole. In other words, how do we make our sermons memorable enough that they aren’t forgotten by Monday Morning. In this post we are going to ask the question: who are the best sermon critics for your sermons? Sermon Contests […]
Avoiding the Sermon Sucking Black Hole
The Sermon Sucking Black HoleAvoiding The Sermon Sucking Black Hole In the last post I shared a memorable sermon–the 0nly memorable sermon–of one of my pastors during my childhood and youth. In this post we will consider one of the how-to’s of avoiding the sermon sucking black hole. If you’re new to this pots, the beginning of this series […]
Thinking About the Black Hole for Preaching
The Sermon Sucking Black HoleThinking About the Black Hole For Preaching Since the last post, I’ve been thinking about the black hole for preaching as described in that reflection. I think of two of the preachers from my own personal past. I grew up in a very conservative church in West Michigan. Each of these pastors led the church […]
The Sermon Sucking Black Hole
The Sermon Sucking Black HoleThe Sermon Sucking Black Hole The Sermon Sucking Black Hole is the title of a book by David R. Mains. I found this book in the pile in my study that I hope to get to some day. I was intrigued by the title, of course. For those of you who are not aware, […]