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If you’re a preacher, you might have seen the title and assumed, “This guy is making a connection between comedy and the craft of preaching. He’s obviously just going to implore us to ‘be more funny’ in our sermons.” But no, that’s not my point. For what it’s worth, I am a fan of humor being integrated into the pulpit, but with one critical caveat: To integrate humor effectively, it needs to be funny. Not “kind of humorous.” Not “quirky in an intellectual sort of way.” Preachers need to be inarguably funny amidst the pews if they expect to be funny in the pulpit.
But again, this article is not about humor. The goal here is to humbly encourage us preachers to learn a thing or two about communication from some of the finest communicators of popular culture today: comedians.
Now, if you’re new to the burdens and the joys of preaching, please don’t start here. There are far more important things for us to consider before we look to the world’s artists for communication skills! Preachers of course need to know and love the Bible, know and love their listeners and fellow believers, have a Jesus-centric end-goal in mind for their sermons being applied, etc. If you feel solid and comfortable with the role that these have in your preaching but you also realize your communication skills could use some fine-tuning, then I think you might find this article helpful.
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