In my last post, I listed three goals, or destinations for your sermon: to get knowledge into your hearers' heads, to get Christ-like living into their hearts, and to inspire them in difficult times.…
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The last three posts have had to do with the introduction to a message. Now we turn to the body of the sermon. One of the secrets to having a successful sermon is to know where you are going with your message.…
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We are considering how to "hook" people with good introductions to our messages. We've seen so far that a story will accomplish that. So will a shocking statement. Today we are exploring the fact that an intriguing…
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The in the last post, we began to look at the subject of the introduction to a sermon. We saw that a good story captures peoples' attention, and then serves as the gateway into the message itself. Today we are…
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In the next series of posts we are going to look at how you go about developing a sermon. I will assume that you have done the basic work referred to earlier in this blog, things like defining the main point of a passage,…
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The title of this post is a famous quote by Phillips Brooks, a well-known preacher from the middle 19th century in the United States. It was in a series of lectures at Yale University that he gave this definition of preaching: Preaching is,…
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Speak in Pictures
My grocery store has them. So does the gas station that I use. So does the restaurant where I occasionally lunch. What am I referring to? Screens--lots of screens.…
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Questions Before Preaching
Another way to prepare to preach is to ask specific questions as you go through the preparation process. In this post today I want to look at questions to ask…
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Topical Preaching
We have been looking at the subject of styles of preaching. In the last post, we looked at an example pf preaching exegetically. This week I want to turn our attention to topical preaching as a tool to prepare…
An Example of Exegesis
In the last post we looked at the subject of how you prepare to preach a sermon. We considered the difference between Exegesis and Eisegesis, and considered a suggested pattern to be used. In…
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It's About Jesus
Developing a sermon, Top Preaching TipsKnow Where You Are Going
Top Preaching TipsAn Intriguing Question Makes a Good Introduction
Developing a sermon, Top Preaching TipsShocking Truth Makes a Good Introduction
Developing a sermonIntroductions Are More Important Than You Think
Developing a sermonCommunication of Truth Through Personality
Preparing to Preach, Top Preaching TipsLearn to Speak In Pictures
Preparing to Preach, Top Preaching TipsQuestions to Ask
Preparing to Preach, Top Preaching TipsTopical Preaching
Top Preaching TipsPreparing to Preach Illustrated
Preparing to Preach