Not your book report sermon...not at all.

Several weeks ago I wrote of cliché book report sermons. 

Books make good jumping of points for sermons,  even reports can help frame a sermon.  But the sermon should be more than what one has read.

I offer an example of a preacher using written material as a jumping of point, but also using personal experience and theological reflection to bring the message home.  but John Cullinan writes about  Engaging Our Theological Diversity.  But John uses stories from his personal experience to discuss his understanding of theological diversity,  check out a audio file of his sermon  How We Walk Together. 

This is no book report sermon, Preacher John speaks from his own authority! 

There is also a written manuscript.