Hireling Pastors

[BaptistFundie]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

I would expect a sermon to be short enough that the pastor would be able to just get up and talk, maybe with a few notes or an outline as a reminder. If we can give presentations that way in the secular world, so can a preacher! Maybe without PowerPoint slides though.

Anyone giving any sort of presentation longer than about 3 minutes isn't wrong to want to use notes. Some pastors do preach off of a manuscript, and then they post them online. Again, nothing wrong with that. The Holy Spirit can work through him just as well as he prepares it in advance as He can when he's preaching off the cuff.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by BaptistFundie

Anyone giving any sort of presentation longer than about 3 minutes isn't wrong to want to use notes. Some pastors do preach off of a manuscript, and then they post them online. Again, nothing wrong with that. The Holy Spirit can work through him just as well as he prepares it in advance as He can when he's preaching off the cuff.

I agree. I dont like the idea of someone simply reading an entire sermon word for word, but to keep notes so as not to miss an important point is just good sense for most people.