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Shocking Truth Makes a Good Introduction
Developing a sermonThe in the last post, we began to look at the subject of the introduction to a sermon. We saw that a good story captures peoples’ attention, and then serves as the gateway into the message itself. Today we are going to consider that a shocking truth makes a good introduction to a sermon. Purpose […]
Introductions Are More Important Than You Think
Developing a sermonIn the next series of posts we are going to look at how you go about developing a sermon. I will assume that you have done the basic work referred to earlier in this blog, things like defining the main point of a passage, what your goal is in preaching, and doing the study on […]
Communication of Truth Through Personality
Preparing to Preach, Top Preaching TipsThe title of this post is a famous quote by Phillips Brooks, a well-known preacher from the middle 19th century in the United States. It was in a series of lectures at Yale University that he gave this definition of preaching: Preaching is, “communication of truth through personality.” In other words, the person of the […]
Learn to Speak In Pictures
Preparing to Preach, Top Preaching TipsSpeak in Pictures My grocery store has them. So does the gas station that I use. So does the restaurant where I occasionally lunch. What am I referring to? Screens–lots of screens. Pictures saturate our world. Apparently, someone came to the conclusion that I can’t stand a few moments in line with […]
Questions to Ask
Preparing to Preach, Top Preaching TipsQuestions Before Preaching Another way to prepare to preach is to ask specific questions as you go through the preparation process. In this post today I want to look at questions to ask when you are preparing to preach. The purpose of asking questions like these is to help you think through […]