Hi Alex,
"The challenge I see when trying to teach from scripture during a sermon is the time to really breakdown the scripture to explain all of these things"...110% yes. So often after writing an outline for submission, our writing team will come back to me to say "This is a Bible study or a sermon series, not a sermon". The question becomes how to explain and teach the FULLNESS of what a passage is saying, the context that it is in, while also giving time to bring levity and application that any person can relate to. I've resigned myself to the fact that I will always have to ask myself if what I'm including points back and supports the Big Idea- and if it does not directly support the Big Idea I have to save it for later. Definitely a struggle!
"The challenge I see when trying to teach from scripture during a sermon is the time to really breakdown the scripture to explain all of these things"...110% yes. So often after writing an outline for submission, our writing team will come back to me to say "This is a Bible study or a sermon series, not a sermon". The question becomes how to explain and teach the FULLNESS of what a passage is saying, the context that it is in, while also giving time to bring levity and application that any person can relate to. I've resigned myself to the fact that I will always have to ask myself if what I'm including points back and supports the Big Idea- and if it does not directly support the Big Idea I have to save it for later. Definitely a struggle!