Questions & Answers

For Pastors

How important is the planning of worship?

All areas related to the worship service are important and should be well-planned.

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What are some perils of the preacher?

Many pastors are destroyed because they allow little things to enter into their lives that later become snares and traps.

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Please address the preacher's personal character as it relates to: work ethic, clean life, study habits, and being a student of the Bible.

A minister could easily allow himself to become a lazy preacher. If the pastor is lazy, he can deceive the congregation for a period of time by talking about the time he is spending in Bible study, prayer, and ministering to the sick and lost. Unless there is a committee that follows him around, the preacher can easily develop a poor work ethic.

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What is the importance of theological training to the preacher?

Theological training is imperative for the man called into God's ministry.

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Please discuss the importance of a call to preach.

There is a sense in which God separates a man uniquely unto Himself, and preaching may be part of that, but the Gospel ministry is far larger than making an oration on Sunday morning. 

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What is the impact of the inerrancy of the Word of God upon preaching?

The Bible alone is the preacher's primary source for proclaiming the Gospel, for it alone is a supernatural book. Someone has well said that the Word is shallow enough to where a little child can come and get a drink without the fear of drowning, and yet it is deep enough that the theologians can swim in it forever and never touch bottom.

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For Pastors

Explain your system of general sermon preparation.

The preacher aims to confront, convict, convert, and comfort men and women through the preaching of biblical concepts. So, I [Adrian Rogers] would identify five characteristics that mark an effective sermon...

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For Pastors

Is Jesus Christ central to preaching? Why?

The preacher should never preach theology; rather, the man of God must preach the Christ of Scripture.

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What is the nature and central place of preaching?

Preaching the truth of the Word of God is imperative in building a church and a congregation. That does not mean that you can build a church with preaching alone. There are other dynamics. But you cannot build a great church without preaching.

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Explain your schedule of daily Bible reading. Is this the same as your devotional reading?

My [Adrian Rogers] quiet time and devotional reading time are individualized to fit my particular need.

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