I am really concerned when I hear Pastors or Preachers say that “God spoke to them”! Now, I God speaks through his word, through people, through our life experiences, even through nature…so in this manner I don’t believe it is so totally odd or sinful for other preachers to get inspiration from other preachers; at the end of the day preacher and Pastor’s are supposed to preach under the “anointing of God” and thus its the message, the anointing that destroys the yoke..an anointed preacher and get in the pulpit and just say Jesus, 4x and the anointing will fall and bring healing, deliverance and joy and strength to the body of believers….

Now as far as studying…every believer of God should be studying…spending 101 time with God; and again…its through God’s word that he begins to speak to us…thru the Holy Spirit that we are comforted and reminded of “what the Logos” spoke; the “Logos” being Jesus Christ…the word of God….its a duty we all have..regardless of who we are in Christ…

I rembember in the 90’s I was working at a Christian bookstore, and I remember seeing pastors/preachers coming in buying books that provided such prepackaged sermons. One of the most popular of these books was one called “Preach For A Year” which had 52 sermons all laid out for the “man of God” to preacwh. Even as a baby Christian back then, something seemed kinda “off” about that. I rememeber thinking I’d never want to sit under a pastor who gets his sermons from a book he picked up for $9.99 in a bookstore!

(There was also the time a preacher at that store told me [unashamedly]that he had rented a TD Jakes preaching tape the previous Saturday and was so moved by it that he turned around and preached that same message to his church the next day at Sunday morning service.)

I really feel sad for anyone who goes to church on a Sunday morning hearing one of these canned sermons, who’s actually thinking they’re hearing “a word from the Lord”. Then again, in a lot of churches the so-called “saints” just want to hear a sermon that’s “inspriring”, and dont particularly care whare it came from.

Being a student of The Scriptures (including study of Hebrew) I questioned The Bishop but was called negative, disrespectful of The Leadership and unsupportive but as this did not deter me I was called a trouble maker.
When I asked why were ministers being paid when they don’t provide pastoral support or care to the people, don’t do home visits to the sick and won’t study, it was said that I was trying to ruin the reputation of The Hirelings!
When I questioned why the miniters were have 20%, 30% and up to 50% pay increases per annum? I was told, “it does not concern you”

And I will confess I have written sermons for others until I recognized that if God was speaking to me it is me that needs to convey his message

Anyway, I am tired of some of the “black” sermons I hear but some of the “white” sermons are just as bad, the focus is all about earthly things. It seems skin colour doesnt matter.

Geez, this cannot be real, “BLACK” Sermons!!

I read a little saying, dont just read for something to preach read for something to eat. If we study God will undoubtedly put something on our hearts for the flock.

Now there is nothing wrong with hearing something good and putting in your message by saying “I heard Pastor Whoever the case may be say this” but to do this is both a crying shame and an embarrasment to the Body of Christ

How on earth has the gospel become a business and not about relationships, with both God and His people.

There shouldn’t be because the same Spirit of God makes it’s abode within them. Now obviously things like voice inflection, position and calling all play a factor but God is still within that man black or white.