Strange Sermon Titles

At this link you will find a bunch of sermon titles connected to the scripture. Some are not bad, some are terrible, some are bizarre. I find that looking at sermon titles can help to rejuvinate the creative juices. It might help you, but be careful, some are absolutely terrible, for example:

1. PIMPOLOGY - Purpose In My Pain - 2 Corinthians 11:23-30
2. I'm So Sick of Frogs I Could Croak! - Exodus 8:12-14
3. Excuse Me, But your Slip Is Showing - Hebrews 2:1
4. SHUT UP, LEAVE ME ALONE, LET ME TALK AWHILE - JOB 13:13

It is hard to judge these titles too closely in that we don't have the sermons,only the titles, but all of these seem to be not only strange, but poor titles.

The first title uses the term PIMP as an acrostic for the sermon. Pimps are parasites on the community. One wonders if the preacher would use terms like "Crack" or "Prostitute" as an acrostic Certainly there are bounds of decency in sermon title creation. But more than that, what does a PIMP have to do with Purpose in Pain?

Being Clever is not sufficient

I wonder if many of these sermon titles are simply trying to be clever rather than trying to say anything about the sermon in question.

Simply put, a sermon title should be related to the sermon. It should not give the sermon away, but it should be a helpful summary of the sermon once the congregation has heard it.

For more information on sermon title creation, I would ecourage you to look at my simple method for the creation of a sermon title. Learn More Here..,
Learn the secrets of Good Title creation at my own "sermon title handbook" for a method for putting together good sermon titles.