“In March 2011 I'm trying to decide on a sermon series that I will preach in January 2012. So, I'm about six months out.” Quote by Max Lucado
“I'm right now wrapping up the sermon series on grace. I'd like to figure out what this next series will be in January. To do that, I'm going to come up with four or five really good ideas - at least that I think are really good ideas - and if I don't sense God really highlighting one of those, I will go to the elders of our church and my co-pastors.” IfsThinkingIdeasNextChurchFiveGraceFourFiguresRight NowSeriesCome UpGood IdeasPastorSermonsEldersJanuaryWrappingHighlightingWrapping Up Author:Max Lucado
“Usually I'm able to prepare a message about two to three weeks in advance.I know some preachers don't like that. They want to be finishing it on Friday before they preach it on Sunday, but our worship team really likes me to get it done way in advance.” KnowsWayWantTwoDoneAbleThreeWeekTeamWorshipMessagesLikesSundayPreacherFridayFinishingGet It DoneFinishing It Author:Max Lucado
“We're also a multi-site church, so we have other pastors on other campuses who want to read the message before the video plays on the weekend services. So it just works better for me.” WantPlayChurchMessagesVideoWeekendSitePastorCampus Author:Max Lucado
“I co-pastor now, so I preach six months, then another guy preaches six months. So that's really why I'm preparing for January, because I'll finish in June; then I'll be writing and doing other projects for the rest of the year.” WritingYearsGuyMonthsSixProjectsPreparingPastorSix MonthsJuneOther GuysJanuary Author:Max Lucado
“What I try to do is narrow the sermon series down to one big question. In this case the question is: What happens when grace happens? I knew I wanted to preach about grace. I just felt as if it was time for our church to be refreshed and see the beauty of God's grace - the uniqueness of the Christian grace as compared to the teachings of other world religions on forgiveness.” IfsWorldTryingBigsHappensWantedChristianFeltChurchCasesGraceTeachingSeriesUniquenessSermonsOther WorldsGod's GraceBig QuestionsWorld ReligionsGrace Christian Author:Max Lucado
“I think we have such a crown jewel in the forgiveness of God, and it changes people's lives.” PeopleThinkingCrownsJewelsCrown Jewels Author:Max Lucado
“I wanted to talk about how grace in and of itself changes us. It changes the way we treat other people, the way we view our lives, the way we treat our purpose and our eternal identity.” PeopleWayWantedPurposeViewsGraceOur LivesIdentityEternalTreats Author:Max Lucado
“I want a real take-home quality to the sermon, so I built the whole sermon series around the word grace, those five letters.” WantRealWholeHomeQualityFiveGraceBuiltLettersSeriesSermons Author:Max Lucado
“My co-pastor is Randy Frazee. Randy is the brightest bulb in this box. He really has a feeling for what a church needs in terms of maturity, so I listen to him.” NeedsFeelingsTermChurchBoxesMaturityPastorBulbsRandy Author:Max Lucado
“I was praying about what I needed to teach. I felt it wasn't time to move out of the theme of Romans, which is salvation by grace through faith.” MovingFeltTeachGracePrayingNeededSalvationTheme Author:Max Lucado