Theology on the Lighter Side – Why was the Easter sermon so powerful? – Because it was resurrected from last year’s notes!

Is it ok for pastors to reuse past sermons, or pull together an outline or full text sermon using an internet subscription or ChatGPT?

Webster defines “plagiarizing” as, “to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own: use (another’s production) without crediting the source.”

Is “plagiarizing” limited to lifting an archived sermon from Andy Stanley, Charles Stanley, John Piper, or John MacArthur?

Is it incumbent on a pastor to “credit the source” when using a sermon subscription service or ChatGPT prior to preaching “his” sermon? Imagine doing so prior to delivering what “the Lord has called me to say to you this morning… but first let me tell you where I received my ‘inspiration’.”

Can God embed Himself in the creation of a ChatGPT sermon? Can the Lord show the stressed out bi-vocational pastor the exact sermon for his congregation on that specific Sunday morning using SermonSearch, SermonCentral, Preaching.com or Getsermons?

Is it “stealing” when you pay for online sermons or ChatGPT? Is it “passing off” when not disclosed? Can another’s inspired work (human or non-human) become just what your congregation needs to hear?

This is a link from John Piper from back in 2016, before non-humans were writing sermons.

This is a link from a recommended source on the subject of sermon plagiarism.

Salvation – Eternal Life in Less Than 150 Words

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