Preacher's Source Book

I like to read those..

I may pick out a sermon outline.. then develop my own sermon on that outline...

Isn't it plagarizing to preach someone elses sermon and call it your own?

And besides sermons should be personalized to the church they are being preached in...

Even Starbucks personalizes their expressos...
We can at least personalize the sermons we preach to the needs of the church.

 

Jerry Vines said he doesn't mind another preacher milking his cow, but they should churn their own butter.

 

Stephen Kitchens who mentored me when I was first called to preach told me, "Don't be afraid to take another man's bones, but hang your own meat on it."

 

PP, I like those books. I have used them to get ideas out of but never used the entire service. I guess we are probably a lot less formal than your church, but I find if I try to control the service to much it stifles the spirit. I might write out entire sermons in preparation, but I preach from an outline so I can adjust the message as the spirit leads.

 

I have never looked at books like that, however, I do like to read others sermons on the web on the text that I am preaching. I like to see if my thoughts line up with other expositors so that I am not way off in left field with a text.

I have occasionally borrowed an outline when I was having trouble organizing my own thoughts, but I would never preach someone else´s sermon. And I always try to do this after my initial exegesis of a text.

Personally I don´t even like doing that, I feel that I develop a better sermon if the outline is one that I came up with. Also I always feel a bit guilty, though I try to give credit to whomever´s outline it was.