Questions & Answers

For Pastors

Explain your schedule of daily Bible reading. Is this the same as your devotional reading?

My [Adrian Rogers] quiet time and devotional reading time are individualized to fit my particular need.

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For Pastors

What is the difference between pastoral and evangelistic preaching?

Most preachers are harming their churches by overemphasizing evangelistic preaching. Pastoral preaching is not the delivery of an evangelistic sermon, but, rather, it is preaching designed to meet the needs of the congregation through a proper feeding of God's Word.

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For Pastors

What is the objective of preaching?

The objective of preaching should be that people become more like Christ.

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For Pastors

How do you construct your sermon outline?

The proper selection of a text is a matter of major significance. Good sermon preparation requires taking a passage of Scripture and analyzing it, organizing it, illustrating it, and then applying it to everyday living.

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For Pastors

From what sources do you derive general sermon material?

Everything is grist for the preacher's mill. I [Adrian Rogers] cannot give you a specific source from where I get my general sermon material, for the source comes from life itself.

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For Pastors

Why should the Word of God be the preacher's primary source?

There is but one book that can speak and give us wisdom, give us knowledge, give us understanding, and give us direction. The Word of God is not a possible source of reference material for preaching, but, rather, the primary source for preaching the Gospel.

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Results: Should the preacher expect them?

Not only should a pastor expect results from his pulpit ministry, but expectation should be the general tone of the pastor's ministry.

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For Pastors

Discuss the work of the Holy Spirit in preaching.

The Holy Spirit is sovereign and His work is dynamic, creative, and demands a naiveté on the part of God's servants.

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For Pastors

Discuss the preacher's dependence upon the Spirit of God.

The preacher can produce no lasting work apart from total dependence and submission to the Holy Spirit.

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What are the qualities of an effective sermon?

One key to effective sermon preparation is for the preacher to discover through the guidance of the Holy Spirit the message God desires to be preached.

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