Sermons
There’s a trend going around and it’s not what your favorite influencer is doing. It’s the prescriptive three point sermon. Church leaders, especially in America, present sermons that have similar structure and prescriptive points. “Here’s the problem and these are the three ways to fix it.” Gone are the days of a narrative approach to sermons. What happened to the church leader spending his quiet time with the Lord in scripture (they still do this part) and then giving us, the congregation, the insight that they have received: not the prescription from what they have learned? Prescription works best on a one on one basis because the person can ask questions, giving the opportunity for better clarification. Narrative works best as the numbers grow so that there's a sort of diversification of courses of action. Jesus used narrative to teach the masses and specific prescriptive words when addressing smaller groups. The danger of prescription in front of large masses is the thought th...