How to Listen to Sermons

Paul Johns, Director of the College:

‘Let`s get away from polite post-sermon platitudes for preachers:  “I enjoyed your sermon.... I liked your story about.....”  Let`s get into the habit of really listening to sermons and talking about them seriously! We shouldn`t think of the sermon as something imposed on a passive congregation, but as something good that happens when the preacher speaks well and the rest of us listen well.’

 

‘How To Listen to Sermons’ has been prepared for the College by Revd Paul Burden, from Bath and Wells Diocese. It`s a companion to ‘What Did You Make Of Your Sermon?’, the College`s popular guide for preachers who want to carry out a do-it-yourself health check on their preaching.