American - Clergyman | May 16, 1958 -
Most of us wake up every day and make decision that will make us happy, and generally decisions that will make us happy right then in the moment or that day. We are not really on a truth quest.
Andy Stanley
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God is a God of systems and predictability and order, and God honors planning.
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People are not on a truth quest; they are on a happiness quest. They will continue to attend your church - even if they don't share your beliefs - as long as they find the content engaging and helpful.
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People pray in one direction but they walk in a different direction, and direction always determines where we end up.
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There will be very few occasions when you are absolutely certain about anything. You will consistently be called upon to make decisions with limited information. That being the case, your goal should not be to eliminate uncertainty. Instead, you must develop the art of being clear in the face of uncertainty.
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You cannot communicate complicated information to large groups of people. As you increase the number of people, you have to decrease the complexity of the information.
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As a pastor, I've spent 30 years talking to people and heard every kind of story imaginable.
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A principle is a principle, and God created all the principles.
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If you're a preacher's kid, you see the church differently.
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Preaching on Sunday mornings is such a simple thing, and by complicating it, I think we all do ourselves and the audience a disservice. It is very simple. Here is the model: Make people feel like they need an answer to a question.
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The issue is: how do you engage the audience? And one of the things I talk to our communicators about is: The outline is great; the stories are great. But how do you engage them? How do you make it feel like we are on a journey, not you are just up there giving me information.
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Preachers prepare with this fear: 'Am I going to be able to fill the time?' The audience never worries about that.
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