Is your sermon trying to do too much?

I normally take notes when someone else is preaching. It helps me concentrate and remember what is said – especially the good bits.

And, borne out of years trying to help others develop as preachers (and wanting to encourage others to do the same for me), I still tend to write down a few comments which I hope might help the preacher. Recently, I jotted down "grapeshot?"

The context was: at that point in the sermon we were getting lots of bits of information, lots of different gems to digest. And if you’re in the habit of digesting gems, you know how unpalatable they can be…