Guys that preach verse-by-verse through books of the Bible - that is just cheating. It's cheating because that would be easy, first of all. That isn't how you grow people. No one in the Scripture modeled that.
Somehow, what's in our hearts, good or bad is eventually translated into words and deeds.
When a plan or strategy fails, people are tempted to assume it was the wrong vision. Plans and strategies can always be changed and improved. But vision doesn't change. Visions are simply refined with time.
God is a God of systems and predictability and order, and God honors planning.
Preachers prepare with this fear: 'Am I going to be able to fill the time?' The audience never worries about that.
If you're a preacher's kid, you see the church differently.
