Generally speaking pastors
preach to their immediate audience, which for the average church in America
today is about 75 people. It occurs to me that pastors fail to give consideration
to the secondary audience that will hear their message when it is retold. When
I write articles about the churches I visit I listen carefully to capture good
quotes from the sermon so that I can pass them on to readers. Once published in
the online newspaper the pastor’s words have the potential to reach over 10,000
subscribers. It’s easy to underestimate the nuances of sowing the Word of God. Paul
recorded, “When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of
the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed. The
word of the Lord spread through the whole region” (Acts 13:48-49 NIV).
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