sermon: approval junkies

Untitled from Frontline on Vimeo.

the schizophrenic young preacher

Before I preach, I always think "I never want to preach again!" Afterward, I always think "I can't wait to preach again!"

premature sermons

Have you ever had that moment at a cookout when someone brings out chicken that's not finished cooking? It smells so good. It looks so juicy and perfectly browned. And then you bite it...and what oozes out confirms the fact that it should have cooked longer.

That makes me think about the sermon preparation process. A good friend of mine and pastor said:

"I've never regretted that I held on to a sermon for too long. I've often regretted preaching a sermon too soon." John McGowan

Sometimes, in our eagerness to share something God is teaching us or has convicted us about, we preach something that needed to cook longer. Maybe it needed to cook longer in the oven of meditation/study. Maybe it needed to cook longer in the oven of our own personal obedience/application.

Either way, we as preachers should beware of preaching premature sermons.