This is episode #028 of The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.

In this episode, we talk about seven reasons why I write sermon manuscripts.

Here are 7 reasons why I write sermon manuscripts:

1. Write for Accuracy
2. Write for Order
3. Write for Clarity
4. Write for Time
5. Write for Audience
6. Write for Memorization
7. Write for Posterity

QUESTIONS

• Do you write out your manuscripts? 
• Why or why not? 
• What do you take to the pulpit with you when you preach? 

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

• Why Johnny Can’t Preach by T. David Gordon
• Well-Driven Nails by Byron Forrest Yawn
• Preaching that Connects by Mark Galli & Craig Larson
• How Sermons Work by David Murray
• On preaching by H.B. Charles Jr.

Check out the article I wrote: “On Writing Sermon Manuscripts” 

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

I hope to see you next week – October 27-29 – at the 2015 Expositors Summit at the the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. 

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