{"id":5415,"date":"2011-06-15T14:23:59","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T14:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharefaithblog.wpengine.com\/?p=5415"},"modified":"2017-10-17T09:09:32","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T16:09:32","slug":"sermon-topics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sharefaith.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/sermon-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"When you can’t come up with sermon topics"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re a preacher, you’ve got this burden hanging over your head. Every week\u2014and probably several times in the week\u2014you’re expected to talk for a long time about something. It has to be really\u00a0good<\/em>, because people think that you only work on Sunday. It has to be entertaining<\/em>, because people don’t like being bored. It has to be spiritual-sounding<\/em>, because people want to feel warm-and-fuzzy. And it has to be profound<\/em>, because people think that you know a lot about the Bible. But there are times when a pastor just can’t come up with sermon topics.<\/p>\n

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When you can’t come up with sermon topics<\/h2>\n

Sometimes this brick wall happens right after seminary or Bible school. The graduate waltzes out of the halls of academia waving a sheaf of classroom sermons and papers. He’s good to go…for about five weeks. Then, when his prewritten sermon trove is exhausted, he’s not sure what to do next. Other times the brick wall drops in the middle of a pastor’s career. A sermon series ends. A topical sermon or two sputters out. And then he’s dry. He can’t think of anything else.<\/p>\n

What do you do? <\/strong><\/h3>\n

There is a way through the brick wall. But first, let’s consider what not <\/em>to do.<\/p>\n