Film critics represent one of the banes of the motion picture industry. Producers of films gather the financial resources to create motion pictures based on story ideas that someone has presented to them. They find a writer to craft a screenplay that will give flesh to the story idea. They arrange for a Casting Director to choose the actors who will play the various parts. They hire a Director and arrange for a crew to film the project. It takes a great deal of work to make a movie.
Once the studio releases the movie, then the film critics jump in and offer their reviews. In many cases, bad reviews will doom a movie before it has even reached the real intended audience.
Imagine what would happen, if some sermon critic wrote a review of your sermon each week. Does this idea terrify you? Or, does the thought that your hard work in preparing and delivering a sermon might receive a sincere review energize you?
Having prepared and delivered sermons for nearly sixty years, you won’t be at all surprised that I have some very serious and deliberate thoughts about the idea of critics writing reviews of my sermons. I am happy to share those thoughts in Podcast No. 202.
If you would like to hear what I have to say, I invite you to click the link on this page that will take you to my Sermon-Coach.com website. Once there, you can listen to this Podcast and decide whether or not you agree with what I’ve shared.
Do I think this idea of having sermons critically reviewed has merit? Or, do I think that such an proposal is the most ridiculous idea I’ve ever heard? You will want to listen to this Podcast to find out.
My whole emphasis at this point in my life is to help my fellow ministers become the best preachers they can possibly become. Why? Because the better a minister can preach, the more effective his or her communication of the truth of God’s Word will become. As a result, the more likely it will be that his or her hard work will bear spiritual fruit in the lives of the members of a given congregation.
For several weeks, I’ve shared with you about my new book entitled The Sermon Sucking Black Hole—Why You Can’t Remember on Monday What Your Minister Preached on Sunday. This book is scheduled for release in early May. In the meantime, you may pre-order the book at Amazon.com by clicking here.
This book gives information about how to make your sermons memorable. And, it also gives some solid tips to the people sitting in the congregation to help them remember what you’ve said.
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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