re: #243 mmmirele

That’s *not* the expectation among Evangelicals. It is expected, and preachers often lead off their sermons with “It took me a long time (or “hours” or “lots of research”) to put this together.” However, if a particular preacher, like Robert Morris, is brought in, he may be there to preach a sermon he’s given before that was well-received. Or, in the case of Morris, proven to open up the wallets of the “giving units.” But it’s still expected to have been written by him.

Nevertheless, Evangelical pastors steal sermons from each other all the time. It’s a big open secret.

Huh. Shared all over the place where I come from so to me its no big deal. Like I said, books of sermons and no one was expected to like, actually, be good at it.