Communications 101:
• Who are you talking to?
• What do you want them to know?
• How do you want them to feel?
• What could they potentially do with this information?
Get those four right, and the rest is practice and polish.
I get college students who can’t write a complete sentence. And I get college students who think the more words they use and the more complicated the sentence structure, the better.
It’s easier to teach the former than the latter.
Pomposity in prose is a hard habit to break.
I am so thankful for all the faithful pastors in the SBC and beyond who are leading their congregations to learn how to glorify God, serve Christ, proclaim the Gospel, send missionaries, and love our neighbors, even as congregations cannot now meet.