Comments on: Faithful Sermon Preparation in Busy Ministry (2)

By: billy white

billy white — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 18:55:07 +0000

i have your book on kindle and i enjoy your teachings. i almost feel guilty about preaching individual verses for sermons, but i enjoy that the most and feel like that msy be my niech(spell). Do you recommend that i pursue that method, i.e., textual sermons. if so, how would i shake off the feeling of guilt? keep up the good work. billy white

By: Jake

Jake — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:19:16 +0000

Dr. Murray

“…if you don’t feed the sheep, they are going to start bleating.”

In some cases, “You’re not feeding the sheep” becomes the slogan of those who wish the pastor to move on. Doesn’t a faithful pastor “lead his sheep” into the pasture where he watches them eat for a good part of the day? The “… keeping full and satisfied…” happens throughout the week for the sheep as they feed personally on the Word they have been led to through the preaching.

I know that this may be semantics by sadly sometimes all to real… ruining promising ministries.

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By: David Murray

David Murray — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:15:28 +0000

Thanks Sebastian. Glad you found this helpful and especially delighted to read of how the Lord has been helping you in preaching. Sermon prep time for me averages out about 7 hours probably. It used to be longer but obviously as you study more through the years, there’s less you have to study for each sermon.

By: Sebastian Cortez

Sebastian Cortez — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:55:06 +0000

Hey Bro.
I just wanted to say “Thank you” for this article. I really enjoyed the first section that dealt with prioritizing the sermon prep. I am currently in a church planting season, and it seems that everything pulls you away from the sermon prep, and when the delivery of the sermon comes, I, and I have to say the sheep, never really seemed satisfied.

A friend of mine (he sent me this article, his name is Erick Cobb) really began to encourage me to spend more time prepping. I have taken his encouragement that last three weeks, and I have to say that I feel a radical difference in my delivery. Even if that means that I am only adding three or four more hours a week to my studies. Our church has also noticed the difference, and they have been all the more encouraging.

How much time do you spend on sermon prep, and why do you think that amount of time is necessary? I once heard, and I am not sure if it is true or not, but that people like John MacArthur spend forty hours a week in study. Is that necessary? Preferred?

Thanks again bro.

Sabo Cortez