The biggest risk here is that if one day your slides don’t work, you may have no backup. But related to #1, I believe it is a mistake to bring no notes in hand, and to use your slides as your outline. Pitfall #2: The slides are the speaker’s only notes If I already know what the speaker is likely to say about a point–I can read it faster than he can speak it–I generally just tune out in between points and feel bored. I can’t speak for everyone, but if I’m listening to a traditional “three points & a poem/prayer” sermon where the contents are all on the slide. If everything you’re going to say is already on the slides, then why do they still need you? But even worse, this means that the speaker has made his/her role unnecessary. I have often seen ministers preach with the entire long-form content of their sermon on their slides. Common Pitfalls for Slide Usage Pitfall #1: The whole sermon is on the slides I’m going to describe a few common pitfalls, followed by some suggestions for how to remedy them. I have witnessed many people use slides poorly in preaching.
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