Today, I kind of hung a lot of stuff out there. I think preaching can either be a really raw experience or a canned polished presentation. I think having preached for a lot of years, the polish has come in speaking, but I have worked really hard at staying very raw and transparent.
Today, I was pretty wide open. I hit issues. I spoke my mind. But I hope in the process I pointed to places people could move towards and tried to get them to move beyond their bad memories and limitations.
Hanging it out there is tough. It’s a bit real. It’s a bit raw. And in today’s message, it was more about making a decision not to simply mess around and clock in and out of church. Rather, it was a fairly clear call to live with a dedicated and committed heart for Christ.
Today’s message was one of those that makes me think afterwards “I wonder what people thought, felt, heard, or walked away with.”
August 4, 2008 at 2:40 pm |
This is what I like about preaching through the books of the bible. Series-style preaching is great and addresses issues people have in life. I like mixing up series with preaching straight through a book because that usually gets at heart issues. It seems to go a little deeper and challenge more.
August 6, 2008 at 5:00 am |
People aren’t real often enough, Tony. Keep it up!