Pastoral Research
It amazes me, when I hear a story about a Pastor struggling to come up with material for their sermon on sunday. (assumptions) Some Pastors struggle with picking the write Text. Other Pastors struggle with narrowing down all the teaching moments in a text. Yet, other Pastors do just seem completely lost. The Lectionary provides pastors with Text that are connected. The Lectionary should help provide Pastors with a single lesson for them to focus on that reflects the time of year and the whole of Scripture. Many of these texts do have many teaching moments. When you read the multiple texts for the day, you can notice a theme or main teaching point for a specific sunday. This may not be the point you want to teach on, but it does give you a quick start. But the most important task a Pastor has in Sermon preparation is his daily devotions. I strongly believe that the more you read scripture the easier it is to preach scripture. I also feel the more you preach or hear preaching the b...