The outline is an overview of your strategy for communicating the biblical idea relevantly to the hearts of your listeners.
Preaching is not simply study a passage, write a message and deliver it. We need to be meticulous in our study, but selective in our sermon.
We have shifted from authorities being respected, to not being respected, to being distrusted and even opposed.
The weekly emotional roller-coaster of preaching often has more low points than adrenaline highs.
Journeying alongside local churches in the Philippines. An article by Jojie Wong.
Dig in the text you have, honour the author by doing so, and give your listeners the best you can from this passage.
Let’s resolve, prayerfully and passionately, to always seek to really preach the passage we claim to be preaching.
No matter how well you can communicate or how clever you are, you cannot make the Bible say something better than God made it say.
There are lots of things to be aware of between the beginning of the service and the sermon itself.
Sermon preparation may be a struggle, even a battle at times, but every moment is a privilege.
The positives of James having the jab are clear. The negatives, while short lived, have nevertheless been significant for him.
Does our preaching feel stilted? Do we sound slightly wooden, hesitant?
Too many of us who know God and the truth of His Word are too distracted by the communications of this world to really soak in God’s Word.
Good preparation should lead to more genuine, from the heart, textually solid and sensitively targeted preaching.
Transitions can be treated as automatic, but by neglecting them we miss a vital part of sermonic effectiveness.
Be sure to invest study in the flow of thought and not just the theological meaning of details.
“It is better than the old Moria and other camps”, a Christian aid worker says. “2020 will be a record low for refugee resettlement”, the UNHCR warns.
You will never have a perfect message, but prayerfully do what you can.
A familiar text may require less exegetical work, but be sure that your listeners are getting fresh preaching because you have prepared your heart as well as your message.
The starting point is always fellowship with the Father. We cannot give what we are not first receiving.
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True biblical preaching is not primarily about outlines. It is about heart-to-heart communication.
Prepare and preach a sermon that has a fingerprint as unique as the passage it is based on.
Knowing yourself and knowing your preaching will increasingly help you to anticipate where a sermon may start to drag.
What may stir pride in the preacher? When might we be vulnerable to this great enemy?
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