Teaching/Preaching Advice, Part 5: Keep It Simple

The Fifth Thing: Keep It Simple.

Always keep your messages simple and focused on your main point (s).

Remember that everything you say is a catalyst for bringing accross your main message.

So try not to indulge and go on too many tangents or parralel side roads. Keep the main thing the main thing and make sure, again, that everything you say leads up to and supports whatever the main thing is.

People’s attention spans are short and their train of thought isn’t always (and usually isn’t) the same as yours, so by leaving the build-up and support of your main thing for too long on tangents and side-notes, your audience will be lost.

So when prepping, don’t pick too many stories or every Scripture that relates to a particular topic. Instead, pick a few stories and a few verses that support your main thing the most effectively.