I just discovered that my pastor is using canned sermon outlines from Rick Warren's Pastor.com site. In another thread, I described these as "Redbook" sermons, 10 ways to this, or 5 ways to that. Fill in the blank pop psychology with some Bible verses tacked on to make it "biblical." The series we are in now is "Dealing with Depression."
As a Sunday School teacher, I am well aware of the need to use resources. (Though I personally do not like using quarterlies.) And I certainly expect a pastor to be well read. But is it too much to expect a pastor to do 20 hours of study a week and come up his own sermon?
How common do you think canned messages are? Does the pastor have an obligation to tell folks that he is using canned material?
As a Sunday School teacher, I am well aware of the need to use resources. (Though I personally do not like using quarterlies.) And I certainly expect a pastor to be well read. But is it too much to expect a pastor to do 20 hours of study a week and come up his own sermon?
How common do you think canned messages are? Does the pastor have an obligation to tell folks that he is using canned material?