Giving How-To's Keeps Sermons Out Of The Black Hole

Giving How-To's Keeps Sermons Out of the Black Hole We are considering how to keep your sermon out of the sermon sucking black hole.  In the last post we reflected on the second of four evaluation questions that reveal whether or not your…

Asking For A Response Avoids The Black Hole

Asking For A Response Avoids The Black Hole We are in a series of posts on how to avoid the sermon sucking black hole that makes people forget by Monday what they heard in church on Sunday.  In the last post I introduced the first question…

A Clear Purpose Avoids the Black Hole

A 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.…

The Best Sermon Critics

The 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…

Avoiding the Sermon Sucking Black Hole

Avoiding 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…

Thinking About the Black Hole for Preaching

Thinking 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…

The Sermon Sucking Black Hole

The 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…