Vivid Description the Key to Making a Sermon Sizzle

Peter Mead over at the Biblical Preaching blog presents another very helpful thought on how to Make Your Sermon Sizzle.

How do you do it? Simply use vivid and concrete descriptions.
Mead notes:

When you describe a Biblical scene, or an applicational situation, or an illustration, be as specific as possible. When you are specific, then listeners will be able to see, feel and experience. Do it well and your sermon will sizzle.

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Mead Method for Preaching Without Notes

Peter Mead over at Biblical Preaching has a series going on Preaching without notes that I referred to in this post. In his first post he described why preaching without notes is a valuable method.

In the second post which can be found here, Mead emphasizes the HOW. Mead’s method can be summed up in one word, “internalization.”

What You will say not How You will say it

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Should You Use Notes in the Pulpit?

Well sometimes I feel like I am beating a dead horse. But this time, I am quoting someone else. Peter Mead over at Biblical Preaching is beginning a discussion of why he doesn’t use notes.

Mead echoes just about everyone else who talks about this subject when he begins the post by saying that whether you use notes or not is less important than other concerns, namely is it Biblical, does it have a clear idea and purpose, and is it relevant. I would definitely agree with all of these points.

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