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How to preach so people pay attention
06.5.2007 by Tim Reed
This is a post that’s actually about writing so people pay attention. However most of them apply to preaching as well.
This was the most important one:
5. Delete.
When you’re finished, you’re not finished: cut 10% of the words. I do this with every column I write. Sometimes, in fact, I realize that I can cut 25% of the words, and then my word count isn’t high enough to be a column and I have to think of more things to say. Luckily, you don’t have to write for publication, so you can celebrate if you cut more than 10%. Note: It is cheating to do this step before you really think you’re done.
Trust me, a shorter sermon that is focused, and well put together is far, far better than a longer sermon where you cram everything you thought of during the week into 40 minutes.