When NOT To Go To The Pulpit

About this episode

H.B. Charles Jr. discusses ten critical times when one should refrain from going to the pulpit.

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode of the podcast, H.B. discusses ten times you should not go to the pulpit. Those times are as follows...1. Don't go to the pulpit unprepared. 2. Don't go to the pulpit prayerlessly. 3. Don't go to the pulpit angry. 4. Don't go to the pulpit presumptuously. 5. Don't go to the pulpit afraid. 6. Don't go to the pulpit unsympathetically. 7. Don't go to the pulpit politically. 8. Don't go to the pulpit irreverently. 9. Don't go to the pulpit arrogantly. 10. Don't go to the pulpit hopelessly. For contact, resources, or information, visit hbcharlesjr.com.

People in this episode

Host: H.B. Charles Jr.

Topics covered

• preaching
• pulpit
• spiritual preparation
• emotional state
• faithfulness
• communication

Keywords

• preaching
• pulpit
• unprepared
• prayerless
• angry
• presumptuous
• afraid
• unsympathetic
• political
• irreverent

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