https://redstate.com/erick/2008/12/25/rebuilding-the-party-the-technology/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 16:30:58 -0400<![CDATA[A small Baptist church looked to hire a preacher. They brought in a young man who preached an excellent sermon. The diaconate loved him so much, they invited him back the next week. The next week the preacher preached the exact same sermon. It was a great sermon. But the diaconate was concerned. Maybe the young preacher had a bad week and was out of sorts. So they asked him to come back a third time. The third time, the young preacher preached the same sermon again. The diaconate was confused. So was the congregation.After the church service had concluded, the diaconate approached the young preacher and the Chairman of the Deacons said, &#8220;Son, you do know you&#8217;ve preached the exact same sermon three weeks in a row, right?&#8221;The preacher looked back at him and asked, &#8220;And have you yet done what I suggested in my sermon?&#8221;In that spirit, I pulled up this old post written Christmas Day 2008. I was going t make edits. There aren&#8217;t really any edits that need to be made, other than some basic updating. I added one new section and renumbered as appropriate. Otherwise, this is the same post:]]>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 09:57:18 -0500<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://redstate.com/erick/2012/12/24/rebuilding-the-party-the-technology-n45143