A number of years ago I attended a brown bag discussion with Tim Keller on Preaching, which followed the now famous Gordon Conwell Preaching Lectures on Preaching to the Heart. During this discussion Keller shared a number of extremely helpful thoughts for young preachers. One on his points was that young preachers won’t find their voice until they have preached 200 sermons, so don’t be so hard on yourself! There are, however, a number of things we can do to improve as we struggle to find our voice and reach the “200 mark’! My friend Josh Otte recalls that discussion and posts more of Keller’s advice here.
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December 30, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Simply Missional - My Preaching Voice
[...] Keller is one of my favorite communicators. I just read Jonathan’s post on Keller’s preaching philosophy. Keller stated that it takes at least 200 [...]
January 2, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Chris in RVA
Jonathan-
It was good to run into you again at the Total Church conference. Glad to hear things are going well for you in Austin.
I’ve shared this piece of wisdom from Dr. Keller with several pastor friends since that session at GCTS, and most of us have had the same (seemingly) incongruous response–dismay and relief, all at once!
Keep up the good work, brother. Hope our paths intersect again in the near future.
Chris
January 3, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Jonathan Dodson
Hey Chris,
Yes, great to connect at the conference. Any clarity on your next ministry steps?
JD