Carey, I have used the Cheat Sheet and found it useful. I am an older man filling the pulpit as a licensed minister. I used this cheat as I began speaking in a small church around 22-25 people and found very quickly that my job would be to use Bible scripture to encourage the people of the church. This has worked well as the members have begun to really heed the teaching of Jesus and realized they have the potential to fulfill what God would have of them to do. I have enjoyed speaking at the church and yes God says study His word, to delliver it properly and fully so the people will understand the true meaning.
Carey, I've been in ministry for over 30 years having spent the last 12 as a church pastor. I was "raised" on Christ-centered preaching by Bryan Chappell (still use it) and have trained about 100 lay leaders and pastors using a system of biblical interpretation (exegesis) and communication (homiletics) that I learned when I was on staff with Cru. Your cheat sheet is helpful and consistent with many of the principles that we model in our workshops. Be encouraged! And no need to waste your time responding to some of the incredibly ill-informed comments you received about the tool. Thanks for your ministry!
By the way you are responding to some of these comments reminds me why I KNOW you are the right person to construct this Cheat Sheet. (Don’t want to hurt anyone by being flippant with words). Great job Carey!
I downloaded the cheat sheet and found it very helpful! I am a pastor who will always have notes and notes and notes- bullet points, multiple scripture passages, thoughts from Christian authors and more words that come from prayer and the inspiration of God. The cheat sheet was another check point to make sure my message is clear so that people CAN receive what God has asked me to deliver. In this case, the Cheat Sheet is not cheating, but checking yourself to provide what God has inspired.
Sometimes how we great ready depends on the context of the where. I sometimes lead the devotional time of a serve team. As a devotional writer I sometime just use something I already have prepared. Sometimes - like my most recent time with this group, I shared something from my personal spiritual experience, cause I thought it was appropriate for the time (just before the US elections). For those times when I am taking a bigger platform - prayer and study are the thing. The ten questions on the cheat sheet are definitely helpful.
I do not agree with the cheat sheet comment. I do not know if it is the best verbiage or not. But the response to the comment was interesting. this many people have downloaded the cheat sheet. Who cares? It does not make it right or good. His comment was on the title and you argue that he needs to download it to make that comment. No. Maybe you were caught off guard. I know your team would not give you any questions that would be too difficult. But you did not see them before. Okay. I would just review that response and some of the reasons given why the comments were wrong.
It’s a perfect response when someone blasts something with an emotional reaction but can’t take a few seconds to actually download it in the first place. The comment was absolutely useless.
@@JGorg8 Whether the original comment is useless or not does not matter. If you are going to respond, then you should not do it emotionally also. No matter if the comment was useless does not change that it does not matter how many have downloaded or use the cheat sheet. That does not matter if the comment is great or useless. Logic and reason does not change.
Carey, I have used the Cheat Sheet and found it useful. I am an older man filling the pulpit as a licensed minister. I used this cheat as I began speaking in a small church around 22-25 people and found very quickly that my job would be to use Bible scripture to encourage the people of the church. This has worked well as the members have begun to really heed the teaching of Jesus and realized they have the potential to fulfill what God would have of them to do. I have enjoyed speaking at the church and yes God says study His word, to delliver it properly and fully so the people will understand the true meaning.
Carey, I've been in ministry for over 30 years having spent the last 12 as a church pastor. I was "raised" on Christ-centered preaching by Bryan Chappell (still use it) and have trained about 100 lay leaders and pastors using a system of biblical interpretation (exegesis) and communication (homiletics) that I learned when I was on staff with Cru. Your cheat sheet is helpful and consistent with many of the principles that we model in our workshops. Be encouraged! And no need to waste your time responding to some of the incredibly ill-informed comments you received about the tool. Thanks for your ministry!
Great response Carey, God can lead on Tuesday during our prep just as well as God can lead on Sunday.
The loudest boos come from the cheapest seats….Your work has been helpful in California. Thank you.
By the way you are responding to some of these comments reminds me why I KNOW you are the right person to construct this Cheat Sheet. (Don’t want to hurt anyone by being flippant with words). Great job Carey!
I downloaded the cheat sheet and found it very helpful! I am a pastor who will always have notes and notes and notes- bullet points, multiple scripture passages, thoughts from Christian authors and more words that come from prayer and the inspiration of God. The cheat sheet was another check point to make sure my message is clear so that people CAN receive what God has asked me to deliver. In this case, the Cheat Sheet is not cheating, but checking yourself to provide what God has inspired.
Sometimes how we great ready depends on the context of the where. I sometimes lead the devotional time of a serve team. As a devotional writer I sometime just use something I already have prepared. Sometimes - like my most recent time with this group, I shared something from my personal spiritual experience, cause I thought it was appropriate for the time (just before the US elections). For those times when I am taking a bigger platform - prayer and study are the thing. The ten questions on the cheat sheet are definitely helpful.
Gotta love narrow minded legalists! I love the concepts you lay out! I’m guessing you were led by the Holy Spirit on this. 😉
I do not agree with the cheat sheet comment. I do not know if it is the best verbiage or not. But the response to the comment was interesting. this many people have downloaded the cheat sheet. Who cares? It does not make it right or good. His comment was on the title and you argue that he needs to download it to make that comment. No.
Maybe you were caught off guard. I know your team would not give you any questions that would be too difficult. But you did not see them before. Okay. I would just review that response and some of the reasons given why the comments were wrong.
It’s a perfect response when someone blasts something with an emotional reaction but can’t take a few seconds to actually download it in the first place. The comment was absolutely useless.
@@JGorg8 Whether the original comment is useless or not does not matter. If you are going to respond, then you should not do it emotionally also. No matter if the comment was useless does not change that it does not matter how many have downloaded or use the cheat sheet. That does not matter if the comment is great or useless. Logic and reason does not change.