Plagiarism and What the Church Should Do About It

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and David Schrock discuss our response to conflict in our lives and the Church, the seriousness of plagiarism in writing and preaching, growing in the craft of preaching, how to approach sermons and critique them, along with his book, Brothers, We Are Not Plagiarists (Founders Press, 2022).
What you'll hear in this episode
• What our response should be to conflicts in our lives and the Church.
• The seriousness of plagiarism in the church.
• Why the call to preach is a call to study.
• In what way plagiarism dishonors God and harms the church.
• The dangers of speaking well and how that contrasts well with elders' qualifications to be apt to teach.
• Why plagiarism is a form of pragmatism.
• How to avoid plagiarism in preaching or writing.
• How Pastors can encourage their congregations to handle the Word of God well.
• Why pastors should preach expository sermons week in and week out.
• How should approach sermons and critiquing them.
About the Guest
David S. Schrock (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is pastor for preaching and theology at Occoquan Bible Church in Woodbridge, Virginia. He is a founding faculty member at Indianapolis Theological Seminary, where he teaches theology. Schrock has contributed to multiple theological journals and specializes in both systematic and biblical theology.
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