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The Sermon is a Symphony
Top Preaching TipsThe Sermon is a Symphony In Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, there is a scene in which the main character, Hamlet, is walking down the corridor of the palace reading. Someone asked him, as he walked, what he was reading. His response was, “Words, words, words, words”. In other words, nothing much, just a jumble of unimportant words. […]
Walk The Talk
Top Preaching TipsWalk the Talk In the past few posts we have been looking at organizing your sermon well, with the hearer in mind. There is more to say in that regard, but an article I read recently sets me off on a different path. Let’s think for a few minutes about what it means to walk […]
Keep Your Face To The Sun
Top Preaching TipsKeep Your Face To The Sun We’ve been looking at the five activities of the speech writer, or preacher. They are: the invention of ideas, the organization of ideas; ways to communicate those ideas in relevant, appropriate language; forceful ways to deliver those ideas; and specific methods for gaining mental and emotional command of one’s material. […]
Set Out Some Sign Posts
Top Preaching TipsSet Out Some Sign Posts In the last post we looked at where sermons come from. I quoted from The Sermon Doctor about five things that a speech requires, according to ancient philosophers. The first was the generation of an idea. The second was the organization of the idea. It is to that subject that we […]
Where Sermons Come From
Top Preaching TipsWhere Sermons Come From Where do sermons come from as you prepare to preach? The easy answer is that they come from God through the working of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Right? Or we could say that they come from the Bible. But if you preach regularly, you know that there are times […]