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Preaching notes

I always like to learn how other pastors and churches do things, and preaching is one of those things.  When I listen to other preachers, I listen for content (the message) but I also listen for transitions, applications, placement of illustrations, introductions, conclusions, etc.  If video is available, I like to see what kind of microphone they use, pulpit, no pulpit, stand, sit, walk, smile...all of it.

This is why this blog post by Joshua Harris is so fascinating to me; he asked different preachers to send him their preaching notes and he posted them online.  BTW, these are notes from preachers who preach to hundreds and thousands every week, which means they probably preach often and are good preachers.  It's a great peek behind the veil, and another opportunity to learn.

You can check it out here. (FYI, the code on Joshua's page is a little funky.  Just ignore it.  The links work.)