HMMMM....guess what guys---I read 6 to 8 sermons of other men for EVERY
sermon I prepare...This week I, after much study and prayer, I have
taken 3 points from one message, added a point of my own (I know--no
sermon is supposed to have more than 3 points---ah, but there is the
"poem")...The development of these points are my "own" (I guess)...the
meat of these points did NOT come from someone else's message---I could
never preach someone else's message in total...just wouldn't work, I am
too extemporaneous....
Well, maybe except for one---a John Bisagno message entitled "The Plight
of the Religious Lost" (Five Fearful Facts From the Bible)...This one, I
preach almost in toto--only a few things are changed.  In fact, he and I
spoke about this one time and I ask, "How much credit should I give
you"...His response---"Very little, if any"  When I asked, "why"...He
said, "I don't know who I took it from---besides it's God's message
anyway--preach it!!"....

JERRY WATTS
www.robinwoodbaptist.com