It is pretty rampant. It steals the point from the people’s minds and reinforces the same tired point that you have preached every week. It gets the people to shout, but doesn’t help them live …

One question that often comes up is “When is my sermon ready to preach?” This is not an easy question to answer for a few reasons. One reason it is difficult is because some preachers never spend enough time in preparation. They allow the demands of ministry to overpower their need to preach effective sermons.

How do you interpret the Bible for preaching? Pastor Cox discusses this important question in this video.

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Preaching multiple texts can derail your sermon. It should be very clear to everyone who is listening what your main point and your main text is. If you have too many competing points or too many texts, the people will get lost and will simply choose one of the points to focus on, or check out and wait until you start whooping (or whatever kind of celebration you do) to check back in…

Use Other Texts Strategically