Preaching Without Notes vs Preaching With Notes (Which is Best)

by Brandon Kelley March 9, 2021, 4:32 pm

So, which is better? Preaching without notes or preaching with notes? You’ve probably read a few articles or listened to some talks from various preachers usually advocating for either preaching without notes or preaching from a full manuscript.

But if we get down to brass tacks, which is really better?

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Written by Brandon Kelley

Brandon Kelley is the co-founder of Rookie Preacher and the author of Preaching Sticky Sermons and Crucified to Life. He serves as the Lead Pastor of First Church of Christ in Bluffton, IN. He also writes at BrandonKelley.org. You can follow him @BrandonKelley_. Watch his sermons here.