Sermons I Like to Preach

For 60 years I have been preaching the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. In the beginning days my sermons where short because I knew very little about the Bible at that time. My first college, Hendrix College, a United Methodist college, Dr. James Upton who was not only my mentor but professor in my Pulpit Speaking and Homiletic classes, taught me how to manuscript sermons. This was probably one of the best things I ever did in sermon preparation. It helped me to organize the thoughts that God had directed me to in studying His word and in the presentation. And Free Will Baptists, whose love for the Scriptures of our Lord, taught me how to present God's love in what is preached. With time, my sermons were less manuscript and more built around an outline, chosen words that I wanted to emphasize, in the alliteration of the message, or the use of acrostics which only Age and experience could bring. Contained in this book are representations of these various styles to those of you who have asked for my sermon outlines. I do hope you enjoy them as much as I have enjoyed preaching them.