Eloquence or Passion – Preaching Sermons that will be Heard
There are two characteristics of preaching that are sometimes placed at odds by certain teachers of preaching. Some think that eloquence and passion are on some kind of scale, and that you must choose which one is to be in the drivers seat in your sermon preparation.
Passion in Preaching
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Audio Discussion of the Jeremiah Wright Comments
I would encourage you to listen to this discussion of Jeremiah Wright’s comments. The discussion includes those who are attacking Rev. Wright and those who are defending him from various standpoints.
Around minute 13 one of my own homiletics professors, Dr. Brad Braxton, provides a brief but important historical description of the African American church and African American preaching.
Listen to the audio at this link
Audio Discussion of the Jeremiah Wright Comments Read MoreWhere are the Preachers Revisited
It has been seven months since I asked the question, “Can God Count on the black Preacher?” I heard about this story on the very helpful and informative blog What about our daughters. I asked it in relation to the horrendous rape of a Black woman at the hands of some young Black men.
Do we Only Care About Racism?
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Last Minute Sermon Idea…Look at the Text Differently
Ok…It is late and you need a sermon. You look at the text and you only see what you always see. What can you do? A simple tip provided by Charles Koller in the book How to Preach Without Notes might help.
Different Angles
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Putting Meat on the Sermon Outline
When you have a main question or a thesis, you need to translate that thesis into a sermon outline. There are Seven Interrogatives that you can ask of your thesis to help you flesh out an outline.
Charles Adams Sermon Video Online
Check out Pastor Charles G. Adams’ sermon that he preached at the New Baptist Covenant Celebration. The sermon can be found at this link.
My classmate, James Moultry, sent in this link which is on the Big Daddy Weave website. That is a Baptist blog that some of you may want to check out.
Charles Adams Sermon Video Online Read MorePitfalls to Preaching the Message
The Bible Preaching website has a post up on two traps that can work against your preaching moment.
Don’t Overqualify
These are two problems that I have seen many preachers fall into virtually limiting the effectiveness of the sermon. The first is not to overqualify.
Preparing Your Sermon for Preaching – Editing and Polishing
Before you are ready to preach a sermon, you should edit and polish your sermon. One of the few articles that address sermon polishing is Henry Mitchell’s. He has written a in the John McClure edited book Best Advice for Preaching. I generally speak of editing and polishing a sermon in terms of 3 edits. You might look at each of these edits as a different dimension of a comprehensive edit of the sermon manuscript.
Theological Edit
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Need a Sermon? – When God Sends You To Hell Outline
Introduction: This sermon short is basically a pointer to help someone think about a text and turn it into a sermon. It is not meant to be preached now, but needs some beefing up. I have included some helpful pointers in how to preach it in the text of the sermon.
Tell the Story
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Sources of Bible Preaching – Imagination
The final source of Biblical Preaching is imagination. Charles Koller notes that imagination alone can turn a dull sermon into one that comes alive. Imagination helps you create connections between the past and the present in interesting ways.
Sources of Bible Preaching – Imagination Read MoreSources of Bible Preaching – Experience
Charles Koller in the book How To Preach Without Notes writes: “Preaching at its best is the sharing of profound personal experience.” He backs up this claim by appealing to the apostles who simply told the story of their interaction with Jesus Christ (Acts 4:20).
Audio #15 – Three Points and a Poem Sermonic Form
What is the Three Points and a Poem Sermonic form? How can I use it in my preaching? Pastor Cox describes a method for doing just that in this Audio post.
Sources of Bible Preaching – Other Literature
Another one of the sources of Biblical Preaching is literature of all kinds. The preacher should have a knowledge found only in reading a wide variety of literature. This would include “devotional readings, some bibliography, poetry, fiction, archeology, studies in arts and sciences, and other general reading.”