The attitude with some is why do the study and work when you can just pull it off the Internet. Some just legally use the sermons of others all the time, they pay for them. I can see some part time pastors and pastors in a crunch using the material of others but when it is not original they should have to say so. Then if the church knows its is continually getting sermons of others they might replace this counterfeit teacher with an original.
Pulpit plagiarism a growing problem (OneNewsNow.com)
The book To Plagiarize or Not to Plagiarize? is an attempt to set boundaries in the wake of pulpit plagiarism claims that have hit not just Catholic clerics in Poland but ministers from other Christian denominations in the United States. Temptation is just the click of a mouse away as more and more churches post their sermons online, not to mention the availability of books and church-sponsored magazines that provide inspiration for sermons.
There is a thin line between drawing inspiration and lifting the text outright, said the Rev. Wieslaw Przyczyna, one of the book’s editors.
