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How To Make An Argumentative Sermon
New Maps For Sermon WritingHow To Make An Argumentative Sermon You may have read that title and thought that this was going to be a post about getting the better of all those people in your audience that don’t agree with you. That’s not what this is about! This topic, how to make an argumentative sermon for your church, […]
Getting An Updated Map for Your Sermon
New Maps For Sermon WritingGetting An Updated Map for Your Sermon In the next several posts we are going to look at the subject of getting an updated map for your sermon preparation and presentation. The Need For An Updated Map Several years ago my wife and I were traveling from our home in Michigan to St. Louis to […]
The Conclusion Of A Great Sermon Brings It Home
Putting a Great Sermon TogetherThe Conclusion of a Great Sermon Brings It Home We are considering what makes a great sermon. In the last couple of posts we’ve looked the body of the great sermon, and the fact that the body of a great sermon holds attention and creates pictures for people. In this post we turn our […]
The Body of a Great Sermon Creates Pictures
Putting a Great Sermon TogetherThe Body of a Great Sermon Creates Pictures In the last post we looked at the fact that the attention span is shorter now than it was a generation ago. Media has impacted our ability to listen, and so, as we saw, a great sermon holds attention by keeping focused. This post is an ongoing […]
The Body of a Great Sermon Holds Attention
Putting a Great Sermon TogetherThe Body of a Great Sermon Holds Attention The last two posts have focused on some general truths about introductions to great sermons. Now we turn to the main body of the sermon. The general truth here is this: the body of a great sermon holds attention of distracted people. The Problem to Hold Attention […]