Random Thoughts
Evidentally I can preach. I’m not saying that to be arrogant, but apparently it is true. I had the opportunity to preach quite a few times before I came back to Bible college and I think I did okay in most of those situations. I can’t say that I really knew what I was doing though. Most of the sermons I preached before this year were thrown together or adapted from sermons I had heard elsewhere.
This semester I took an Into to Preaching class and learned how to structure topical and textual sermons. Over the course of the semester I had to write two sermons (one of each style) and preach them. I think I did fairly well. My instructor told me that both of my sermons were well constructed and organized. I’m not going to lie, that made me feel good. I’ve always wanted to be a writer but have struggled to find my outlet. After taking Public Speaking last year and Intro to Preaching this semester, I think I have found an area that I really enjoy and that I’m pretty good in.
The best thing about it is that I’m not wasting time when I spend it writing sermons. I learn from the research I put into them and others learn and are encouraged when I preach them. I’m learning that I can develop a preaching style of mine own and share Biblical truth in my own way. That’s been fun.
Preaching and writing sermons…fun…who would have ever guessed?
