For a decade I used to write complete sermon manuscripts, which has one huge plus—I can easily review my preaching trends. About six years ago I noticed I didn’t have a few “trends,” I had some preaching ruts. Every outline, every conclusion, every application in my sermons started to have the same look and tone and focus.
How about you? Do you have any preaching ruts? Do you allow every genre of Scripture and every text within that genre to have a fresh structure? Do you preach through “the whole counsel” of God’s Word—not just the parts you like? Do different seasons in your church life lead to different emphases in your sermons?
We explore preaching ruts and how to get out of them in this latest episode of Monday Morning Preacher. I even interviewed a minor league pitcher to find out how real pitchers get out of a rut. Check out how his insights about baseball apply to preachers.
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