tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post3725155279342095022..comments2024-03-17T09:17:01.454+00:00Comments on Vic the Vicar!: Sermons: Here's one I lifted earlierVic Van Den Berghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09581156515370131898noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-32545064369987993982018-02-12T09:07:15.441+00:002018-02-12T09:07:15.441+00:00This is a real challenge for me as I have two read...This is a real challenge for me as I have two readers who regularly lift their sermons from the internet and deliver them in their entirety and having read this post it becomes clear that I have to work out how I address this situation.<br /><br />Thanks (I think),<br /><br />BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-78978982835512696302018-02-10T06:53:04.604+00:002018-02-10T06:53:04.604+00:00Interesting.
Since I have been preaching, I hav...Interesting. <br /><br />Since I have been preaching, I have done as you describe, starting with reading the bible verses and so on. But I also look to see where others have had insights in the commentaries and books written, but I always reference and acknowledge those who have contributed by spelling out who said what.<br /><br />It's surely the only way to stay honest, and to preserve your own integrity. <br /><br /><br />I have heard speakers say things like "one commentatary said" or suchlike, attributing that these were not their own words, but that they'd been inspired to use them as they said what they were thinking, and perhaps better than their own words. There is honesty in that, and its important that those hearing a sermon know where the sources come from if they want to follow up the source themselves.<br /><br />I have once or twice been asked for a copy of a sermon, and the one given will always have the references and foot notes that I used, to allow the person asking to do their own research.<br /><br />While I don't preach that often, probably 8 times a year (we have 3 priests in our benefice, as well as another LLM) so I have time to reflect and to research and to edit my drafts, which often end up completely different from the original draft, given new insights as I get them. Even something said in the meantime can influence our thinking, so having a notebook tucked away is always handy.<br /><br /><br />UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.com