Let’s say I find two sermons that look like they have been plagiarized by Pastor X from the sermons of Pastor Y. Suppose I contact Pastor Y and he doesn’t seem the least bit concerned – has no interest in the matter – or perhaps is just not that fond of dealing with pseudonymous folks…

In my last post, I gave some general questions regarding pastoral plagiarism (link to post). People provided a variety of responses, but let me add a few more constraints to the question. Suppose that one came across two sermons from Pastor X, an experienced “senior pastor” type person, which appear to consist to a large…

Pulpit plagiarism is a phenomenon in which a pastor takes a sermon originally by another preacher and re-casts it in some way or another for his own congregation without informing them of this fact. I’ve conversed with a number of people about this topic. Recently someone directed me to the definition of plagiarism found on…