I consider it an honor if someone else wants to borrow my outline and notes
to a sermon.
Of course, I do not wish for them to use it word for word, but to make it
their own by using their own phraseology and illustrations.
In a sense, a part of every sermon you hear and every book you read goes
into the formation of the next sermon you prepare. The thoughts that come
to you as you prepare a sermon today may be partly triggered from another
message you heard last year.
Sermon outline books have been published for preachers for many, many years.
Why? To help other preachers develop their own sermons by borrowing ideas
and thoughts used in the ones published.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven G Rockhill" <revrock@...>
To: <pastorsforum@...>
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: [PastorsForum] Plagiarism in the Pulpit
>
>
> Jeff Hallmark wrote:
>> Why subscribe to Pastor Mail where sermon outlines are posted??
>>
>>
> *Steven G. Rockhill* <revrock@... <mailto:revrock@...>>
> wrote:
>> I still post my sermons on Pastormail
>> hoping that the study I put into them may help someone else in their
>> study of the Word.
>
>
> Peace,
> Steve
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>> On 5/4/07, *Steven G. Rockhill* <revrock@...
>> <mailto:revrock@...>> wrote:
>>
>> I have two true stories - I will try to keep them brief.
>>
>> The first was a pastor who desired to please his congregation (at
>> least
>> he later admitted that he felt pressure to preach good sermons) and
>> so
>> he preached almost verbatim the sermons of Charles Spurgeon - perhaps
>> brushing up the language here and there (though not much) and only
>> slightly varying the titles of the message. Of course the name
>> "Charles
>> Spurgeon" was never mentioned before, during, or after the
>> sermon. This
>> was the man who married my brother and his wife - we have joked
>> around
>> that perhaps we should check out Spurgeons wedding sermons to see
>> if he
>> plagiarized that as well. there is much more to the story but I will
>> graciously end it there.
>>
>> The second pastor preached a sermon at an installation service for
>> another pastor that I attended two years ago (here in our town -
>> different denomination). He preached a sermon that was nearly
>> identical
>> to a sermon I had preached at a ministers meeting in Syracuse less
>> than
>> 6 months before. Needless to say that I was a little stunned and
>> honored that he thought my message was good enough to preach
>> again. But
>> whereas the first pastor was plagiarizing and lying to his
>> congregation
>> and God the second pastor was not. What was the
>> difference? Before the
>> installation service this pastor, possibly surprised that I was there
>> though maybe not since he knew I pastored in the same town as the man
>> being installed, came up to me and said that he was planning on
>> preaching the outline I had preached at the meeting in
>> Syracuse. Then
>> later before he began preaching he addressed the congregation and
>> said,
>> "I am doing two things for the first time tonight - I am preaching
>> at my
>> first installation service and second, I have never before used
>> someone
>> else's outline and that person is here this evening (then he
>> mentioned
>> my name). It was strange to hear someone else preach your outline
>> and
>> thoughts - but he did well - perhaps better than I did. Afterwards I
>> had a few people come up to me and say , "hey that was a good
>> sermon".
>>
>> So those are my two stories - I still post my sermons on Pastormail
>> hoping that the study I put into them may help someone else in their
>> study of the Word. Only once have I seen one of my sermons
>> recycled on
>> PM. I figure I have my own unique style that - good or bad - suits me
>> and would be difficult for someone else to follow. And now I have
>> begun
>> posting audio sermons - so everyone can hear what my congregation is
>> subjected to week after week ..... :-\
>>
>> Peace,
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bro. Jeff Hallmark
>> www.sprucelandbaptist.com <http://www.sprucelandbaptist.com>
>> http://baptist-potluck.blogspot.com/
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