Comments on: Writing a Sermon on Paper

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:41:19 +0000

I think getting people to try to prep differently would be a great exercise. It worked well for me, that’s for sure.

By: dave wainscott

dave wainscott — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:34:09 +0000

Great post.

I have been preaching almost twenty five years,
and that itself may be the reason I have never prepared a sermon on the computer..I have never really even thought about it until now.
Now that i think of it, I did my first six months of sermons on typewriter (remember those, anyone?), but i gave it up probably becaus it didn’t fell organic and oral enough.

I take (at most) a page or two of notes with scribbled references an md my own shorthand to stick in my Bible.

I just finished teaching preaching for the first time. I wonder now that you got me thinking if I should recommend everyone try the “other way” (prep on computer if you never do, and prep without if you usually do)

By: Tom Pounder

Tom Pounder — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:45:14 +0000

If I know I have a long week ahead filled with meetings and running around, I usually type up some general notes on Monday about my Sunday message. Then, I print it out and pull it out throughout the day to work on it – 20 min. here, 30 there, etc. Then, I go home later that night or early the next morning and type up what I wrote down. I do this over and over again until I’m done.

I have found this helps me stay focused and when I retype my notes, I usually come up with other ideas or thoughts to that expands on a thought or 2.

By: Grant Alcorn

Grant Alcorn — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:15:38 +0000

I have grown to adopt the method of writing little down and as I read throughout the week I edit and write the sermon in my head.

I usually have an outline, very brief, and one or two illustrations written out.

Makes it hard for someone to fill in for me using my notes!

By: Rusty

Rusty — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:09:58 +0000

I’ve found that my Wednesday lessons are easier to put together when I write them in my notebook first. Once I do that, I usually type them in Word before printing them out for revisions and discussion questions.