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Preaching

When I preach I want to know that I am giving people what God wants them to hear. Because this is important I want to spend a lot of time in preparation. I also want to make sure it is understandable to today's people. I'm not interested in it being erudite or clever I just want to get the message across in the best way possible. I do my best to keep close to God by spending time alone with Him.
I don't expect my services to be always polished and perfect. Part of the message is our imperfection and we need to admit it. People who are hurting because of their or someone else's imperfection are not going to be helped by a preacher who presents themselves as perfect. The people need to know that the preacher and themselves are all in the same boat of imperfection and that together we can explore God's way of coping with that imperfection, namely in Jesus. The perfection of Jesus is never off-putting because it is there for us to solve our problem.
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