I recently came across this very insightful interview with Tim Keller on preaching. Over the past two years, it is the most read post over at Unashamed Workman. Check out the short interview here.
Note this very helpful advice for pastors, that Keller added as a comment to the original post:
“My, you work fast! Mike should keep in mind that when I said I put in 6-8 hours I was preparing three expositions a week (Sunday am, Sunday pm, Wednesday pm) and on top of that came all other special occasions. It was impossible to spend more time than 6-8 hrs on a message when you are preaching that often. You might say no one should do that, but in smaller parishes that is often what happens. My point was that, as I look back, it was better preparation for me to preach quite often–though the sermons weren’t masterpieces–and spend time out with people than it would have been to prepare fewer and more thoroughly crafted sermons that kept me in the study and away from the messiness of pastoral care and evangelism.”
by Tim Keller April 4, 2007 at 11:30 am
