What Should I preach, and when?

The Benefits Package

Cleaning out the Skeptic Tank

• "Yeah, those are great benefits. But what about leaving room for the Spirit to work? Doesn't all this prior preparation squelch out the freedom of the Spirit to act through our spontaneity? Isn't spontaneity more likely to be flexible enough both to meet the sudden needs of the congregation and to allow the Spirit free reign in our ministries?"
• Check this out. Below is the Capitol Hill Baptist sermon card for the Fall of 2001, right after 9/11 happened. This was all planned months in advance. Click here to open the Fall 2001 sermon card.
• The Spirit can work just as well through our planning as He can through our spontaneity. And the latter is often no more than a euphemism for our own laziness anyway.
• This kind of long-term intentionality helps us to keep ourselves accountable for feeding people a balanced expositional diet composed of all the Scriptural food groups over the course of our service among them.

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