That's right -- Poland's finest are out on the hunt for those horrible criminals ..........
Polish Pastors stealing sermons from the internet.
I am not making this up. See more here.
Guys, listen, it isn't that hard. You have a Bible. Read that Bible. Explain what it says, and tell people why it matters. That is biblical preaching. And then next week you do it all over again, picking up from where you left off. I know, you need to do some preparation for this (I average about 15 hours of prep for a Sunday morning sermon). So, this means two things. (1) You can't be lazy. (2) You can't do everything else people want you to do. What did God call you to do? He called you to preach, right. So, you have got to find ways of distributing other tasks to other people so you can do the thing God called you to do. This doesn't mean that if you are a pastor, studying is all you ever do. No, you have to shepherd the flock, you have to go to the hospitals, and make the calls, and go to the meetings, and (here's the hard part) you have to do it all in genuine love and joy. That takes time to do, and it also takes the preparation of the soul so that the joy and love you show is genuine and not a mask. But there are enough hours in the week (most of the time) to do all of this without committing a crime punishable by jail time.
My site-meter is open to the public. Check it out. Better yet, don't. I am not too thrilled about the fact that Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, I get hits from people Googling for "Sermon about ______________". Pastors -- do your job. Or else, your going to the slammer!
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