Long Topic—Short Sermon

When Roy DeLamotte was chaplain at Paine College in Georgia, he preached the shortest sermon in the college’s history. However, he had a rather long topic—”What does Christ Answer When We Ask, “Lord, What’s in Religion for Me?” The complete content of his sermon was in one word: “Nothing.”

He later explained that the one-word sermon was meant for people brought up on the ‘gimme-gimme’ gospel. When asked how long it took him to prepare the message, he said, “Twenty years.”

Resources, 1990