tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235759163515861773.post2585217183517270726..comments2013-02-17T09:20:33.769-05:00Comments on This Preaching Thing: An Experiment in PreachingMichael Ruffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18387955769638547701noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235759163515861773.post-26756115880519229742011-08-28T09:18:00.550-04:002011-08-28T09:18:00.550-04:00I am also a fairly new preacher. I have tried wit...I am also a fairly new preacher. I have tried with manuscript and with outlines and I prefer the manuscript. I found I look at my papers a lot less with a manuscript than with outlines. The thoughts have to process from my mind through my lips past my hands and by that time they are more firmly lodged in my memory. There have been Sundays where I have walked to the pulpit carrying a 15 page grammatically correct, accurately spelt, immaculately formated sermon--and not looked at it once.Gordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13676358343459385644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235759163515861773.post-60730030286912492092011-08-13T21:10:48.353-04:002011-08-13T21:10:48.353-04:00As a fairly new preacher, I've had to wean mys...As a fairly new preacher, I've had to wean myself away from using the manuscript. I like to take my Kindle up to the pulpit, loaded with my outline and the verses that I will be using. It's worked so far, but we all know what happens to technology from time to time.Jonathan Pearsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969790061637496033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235759163515861773.post-23945331893581536142011-03-17T10:53:58.939-04:002011-03-17T10:53:58.939-04:00As with most things in the universe, preaching wor...As with most things in the universe, preaching works by different strokes for different folks in different yokes. I had my first manuscript-ectomy by force after 4 years of comfortable reliance. After a while, I learned to like the freedom and even manage to trust the spontaneous part of the Spirit occasionally. What I don't like is the pew-sitters who equate scriptlessness with Godliness, thereby rejecting the notion that the Spirit can also hang around the keyboard on Thursday morning. I also appreciate the power of a well-crafted phrase, for which your plan leaves room. Enjoy!dabar96https://www.blogger.com/profile/14683396312389941957noreply@blogger.com