Comments on undistract: 4.26 Reverb

Peter, That's great if you can be sure that the p...

2009-04-29T20:58:00.000-04:00

Peter,

That's great if you can be sure that the preacher will say things in a certain order. So many people preach at Covenant Life that I'm not sure whether it's practical to try to enforce an order. I've heard many sermons where the opening prayer comes after reading the scripture and/or an opening illustration. Or there might not even be an opening prayer.

It would be interesting to start taking notes for the next few months at every sermon we hear, and note the order of elements when the speaker begins. I wonder what trends we'd see.

Hey Dave, We solved this by starting the message ...

2009-04-29T14:18:00.000-04:00

Hey Dave,

We solved this by starting the message right after the pastor's opening prayer. He could say all his greetings, intro comments, and unrelated material before he prayed and he knew that when he prayed and said, "Amen," we'd roll the recorder. That way he could control exactly what he wanted on the recording. It was pretty rare that he ever said anything that wasn't supposed to be on the recording.

Your new sermon editing guidelines are a lot like ...

2009-04-29T13:26:00.000-04:00

Your new sermon editing guidelines are a lot like what I've been doing for Sovereign Grace for the past several years. The only thing I'd add is that occasionally a pastor reads the scripture or in some way starts the sermon, then takes a detour for a few minutes and does some greetings, announcements, or book recommendations that aren't part of the sermon. In those cases, I generally edit out the unrelated material.

I too was impressed at how smoothly the tech stuff went last weekend!