Startling events happen around the world on a weekly basis. More and more these occurrences remind me of events I read about in the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation. I’m not trying to be a predictor of apocalyptic doom. Quite to the contrary, yet I do believe Christians need to remain aware of what’s going on around them and to be diligently prepared for what the future might hold.
Sadly, in the churches I visit, I rarely hear pastors make reference to current events in their sermons. I do not hear any advice from the pulpit concerning how the members of the congregation should process what’s happening in light of the Scriptures. Therefore, I wonder if we pastors are doing our parishioners a grave disservice by not including some references to current events as we preach each week.
My concern has prompted me to make this subject the focus of Podcast 240. If you would like to listen to what I have to say about this matter and also hear some suggestions that I offer my fellow pastors, please click the link on this page that will take you to my Sermon-Coach.com website. Once you arrive at that website, you will be able to click the appropriate link and listen to this Podcast.
We pastors must not ignore what’s going on around us in the world today. We need to offer Scriptural guidance to our congregants to help them give context to what’s happening around them.
I continue to feel very grateful and am humbled by the many positive comments about my latest book entitled The Sermon Sucking Black Hole—Why You Can’t Remember on Monday What Your Minister Preached on Sunday. This book is now available at Amazon.com by clicking here.
This book gives some solid tips to the people sitting in the congregation to help them remember what you’ve said from the pulpit when they come to worship services in the church where you serve as pastor.
Please click here to visit David Mains’ Sermon-Coach.com website.
You will also find a variety of resources for pastors and congregations at the Mainstay Ministries website. Please click here.
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