Looking again at stealing sermons

In looking at what's wrong with sermon plagiarism, Scot McKnight asks what a sermon really is. The answer is worth sharing:

Well, it’s a whole life brought to bear on a text each week for a single 30 minute or so sermon before a specific congregation. It shames the preacher not to be who he or she is in the pulpit, and to pretend to be someone else. It de-localizes the sermon from the local context. It distorts who the preacher is before the congregation.

Good point. And thanks to Preaching Today Blog for the link.