Have you ever left church after your weekly worship service and wondered whether or not you were the main course at the dinner tables of your parishioners? If so, you’re in good company. Most pastors know that at least on occasion they end up being “roasted” by the people in their congregations.
It’s difficult to know what to do when you suspect that more often than not you are on the menu at the homes of your people. You try to develop sermons based on the message that you believe God wants you to share. You check your resources, polish your words carefully, practice your delivery, and hope for the best.
I have a somewhat different suggestion that I believe will put an end to most of the roasting of the preacher in your church. I discuss this suggestion in some detail in Podcast 239. You may listen to this Podcast by clicking the link on this page that will take you to my Sermon-Coach.com website. Once there, you can listen to see if my suggestion resonates with you.
None of us wants those who listen to our sermons to focus on us. Instead, we want those listening to be drawn to God’s Word and to His blessed Son, Jesus. We need to do whatever we can to make certain our sermons connect in a life-transforming way with the people in our congregations. Don’t you agree?
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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