What Shall I Preach?

A newly-called music minister asked for long-range sermon plans. I told him I had none, though once I did. A seminary professor required us to submit a year’s pulpit work. We students did the same kind of thing, beginning with special days like Mother’s Day and Easter and Christmas—we knew what we’d talk about on those days. And then we generally looked for short-term series to fill four or five o...