Preaching Rocket Thoughts

I was in Atlanta today at NorthPoint Community Church for a workshop sponsored by Preaching Rocket. It was a great time to get away with our preaching team & to hear from great leaders and pastors including Andy Stanley & Louie Giglio (and others.) I tweeted a few things earlier today, but thought it would be a better summary in a blog post.

• If we're not prayed up for our sermon, it will show up in our sermon.
• The reason God lets us be part of this process is that He likes to go to work with His kids.
• We are followers 1st & preachers 2nd.
• Set a goal in the realm of things you can control.
• Does my approach to communicating support my goal or trump my goal?
• Engaging unchurched people has more to do with your approach than your content.
• If you want people to fall in love with the author of Scripture, you have to get them into the text.
• When you give unchurched people an out, they respond by leaning in.
• If Christians would act like Christians, non-Christians might want to be a Christian.
• The reason we take the Scriptures seriously is because of Jesus-not the other way around.
• The main commodities to reach this generation are authenticity & vision.
• Humility is a by-product of walking with Jesus.
• Important information that's not remembered won't have the desired impact.