Step 12…Get that celebration… OK, this took a lot longer than I thought it would… In about a month, I will go through these 12 steps again with one extended example. A…
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Sermon Prep 10: Get An Introduction
Now…you have developed your points…you are ready to preach… Well… No… We still need two crucial components of the sermon. Today let’s look at one of them. You need to create an…
Step 8: Connect Your Points
Yes sir…we rounding the home stretch now… We have come a good ways… We took a new text… We have exegeted the text…
Sermon Step 7: Get Your Points
Now… Let’s turn the page… You got your exegesis. Now let’s get ready to craft a sermon. Now there are a lot of ways to structure a sermon…
What Is A Sermon?
Now we are going to stop talking about exegesis. You should have a good handle on your text… Now we are going to talk about putting your sermon together… But before we…
Sermon Prep Step 5 – Seeing and Tasting the Text
Now… You have looked at the text… Now…I want you to take your text… REad it…. And now…Think about
Preaching To Grandma and Dem
Preaching to Grandma and Dem I am working on a lecture entitled, “Preaching to Grandma and Dem.” I have kicked the idea around for a bit. You have even read some of…
Preach From The Overflow
Preach from the overflow. My homiletics instructor told us. Preach from the overflow. And I encourage you to take this to heart…
You Don’t Have To Yell
You don’t have to yell when you preach, but you can increase intensity… What? Increase intensity but not yelling? What are you talking about? OK, sit down for a moment and let’s…
Tactics Don’t Replace Power
Exegesis, you better do it. But it don’t replace power… Solid Sermon Construction. Check. We need that, but it don’t replace power… Great Presentation. That’s what a lot of people remember. But…
The Two Hardest Texts To Interpret
There are two kinds of texts that are the hardest to exegete. The first are those that you have read so often, you think you already know what it is about. The…
Does God Set You Aside So God Can Preach?
I know what you are saying, but I don’t like the terminology, “Lord set me aside as I preach…” I understand…you are want the people to see God’s glory and not our…
Close With Power…How Do You?
How to make sure you close with power? OK…this question came in. Wow can you ensure you close your sermon with power. You got at least two options…(OK…you got more…but I only…
Buy a Book Of Illustrations? – No Open Your Eyes
“Preacher, you know of a good book of illustrations?” “Nope…” Is always my answer… Books of illustrations usually have either the same tired illustrations that you have heard millions of times if…