{"id":33729,"date":"2022-09-10T21:00:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T02:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/how-long-to-prepare-a-sermon\/"},"modified":"2022-09-10T21:00:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T02:00:24","slug":"how-long-to-prepare-a-sermon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/how-long-to-prepare-a-sermon\/","title":{"rendered":"How Long to Prepare a Sermon?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent article, Charles Stone posed the question: How long should a pastor spend preparing a sermon? While acknowledging that pastors of varying levels of experience may take more or less time, offered a few thoughts to consider as you answer this question for yourself.<br \/> &bull; Schedule your study and prep time during your best, most alert hours.<br \/> &bull; Set reasonable expectations. An hour or two is too little time for most just as 35 hours is probably too much.<br \/> &bull; Use computer tools readily available. I own a Mac and use both Accordance and Logos. I rarely use paper books. These tools have made my study time more efficient.<br \/> &bull; Trust God to use your faithful preparation. Seldom do ministry demands allow us to study as much as we&rsquo;d like. We must do our best and trust the Holy Spirit to fill in the gaps. (Click to read the full article.)<\/p>\n<div style='clear:both'><\/div>\n<div class='the_champ_sharing_container the_champ_horizontal_sharing' data-super-socializer-href=\"https:\/\/www.preaching.com\/articles\/how-long-to-prepare-a-sermon\/\">\n<div class='the_champ_sharing_title' style=\"font-weight:bold\">Share This On:<\/div>\n<div class=\"the_champ_sharing_ul\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style='clear:both'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent article, Charles Stone posed the question: How long should a pastor spend preparing a sermon? While acknowledging that pastors of varying levels of experience may take more or less time, offered a few thoughts to consider as you answer this question for yourself. &bull; Schedule your study and prep time during your &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/how-long-to-prepare-a-sermon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How Long to Prepare a Sermon?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33729\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}