Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.
In this episode, I want to talk to you about using someone else’s sermon material. We’ve all done it. We’ve been in a jam and used someone else’s work. But this visited place should not be a place where you reside.
How do you avoid living off of someone else’s sermon material from week to week?
- Take your call to preach seriously.
- Guard your integrity.
- Recognize you are not original.
- Give credit where credit is due.
- Make it your own.
- Do not underestimate your people.
- Remember no one can beat you being you.
Questions
- What do you think?
- How do you guard against pulpit plagiarism?
- What do you do to guard yourself against living off of someone else’s work?
Resources
- On Preaching by H.B. Charles Jr.
- My Two Cents on Pulpit Plagiarism | H.B. Charles Jr.
- Expositional Preaching by David Helm
- Should We Use Someone Else’s Sermon? by Scott M. Gibson
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