How Not to Start a Sermon

David Murray offers ten don'ts for sermon introductions.

1. Don’t be too long
2. Don’t be too showy
3. Don’t be too ambitious
4. Don’t be too personal
5. Don’t be too loud
6. Don’t be too predictable
7. Don’t steal the sermon’s thunder
8. Don’t be apologetic
9. Don’t flatter
10. Don’t be offensive

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