Long Topic—Short Sermon
When Roy DeLamotte was chaplain at Paine College in Georgia, he preached the shortest sermon in the colleges history. However, he had a rather long topic”What does Christ Answer When We Ask, “Lord, Whats 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.”