G. Campell Morgan said, “Every conclusion must conclude, include, and preclude.” To conclude means to bring the message to an end. Don’t just stop preaching. To include means to repeat what was previously said (But NOT a re-preaching of the sermon) To preclude means to prevent the proposition from not being responded to. “Some preachers [...]
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Seven Steps to Preparing a Sermon, Step 7 “The Conclusion”
Posted: January 4, 2011 in How To Prepare A SermonTags: Biblical Preaching, Donald R. Sunukjian's Invitation to Biblical Preaching, G. Campbell Morgan, Jay Adams Preaching with Purpose, John Maxwell’s book Failing Forward, Robinson, Steven Mathewson's The Art of Preaching Old Testament Narrative
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Seven Steps to Preparing a Sermon, Step 6 “The Introduction”
Posted: November 3, 2009 in How To Prepare A SermonTags: 9Marks, Biblical Preaching, Biblical Preaching by Sunukjian, Biblical Sermons by Haddon Robinson, Donald R. Sunukjian, G. Campbell Morgan, Haddon W. Robinson, James Rose, Jay Adams, Mark Dever, Preaching With Purpose, R. C. Sproul, Warren W. Wiersbe
If what Haddon Robinson said is true of our average congregation, then we preachers have our work cut out: “When you stand up to preach, people are bored and expect you to make it worse” (Biblical Preaching, Second Edition. page 166). A good introduction can remedy this low expectation. The first of Mark Dever’s 9 Marks [...]
Seven Steps to Preparing a Sermon, Step 5 (Develop the Sermon Outline) Part 4 “Argumentation”
Posted: October 6, 2009 in How To Prepare A SermonTags: Donald R. Sunukjian, Dr. Wayne McDill's 12 Essential Skills for Great Preaching, John A. Broadus, Mark Driscoll, Vintage Church: Timeless Truths and Timely Methods
In this post we continue our discussion of the rhetorical processes or what Donald R. Sunukjian calls the developmental questions. John A. Broadus originally described these forms of discourse for preaching in 1870. The most commonly used version of Broadus is the 1944 edition, edited by Weatherspoon: “Preaching is inherently a form of rhetoric. Rhetoric [...]
Seven Steps to Preparing a Sermon, Step 5 (Develop the Sermon Outline) Part 3 “Application”
Posted: September 23, 2009 in How To Prepare A SermonTags: Donald R. Sunukjian, Haddon Robinson, Invitation to Biblical Preaching, Mark Driscoll
A Sermon Without Application is like someone shouting to a drowning man “swim” “swim” but not throwing him a life preserver. Spurgeon believed so strongly in sermon application that he said, “Where application begins, there the sermon begins.” John R. W. Stott, in his book Between Two Worlds, believed this is the part of the sermon [...]
Seven Steps to Preparing a Sermon, Step 5 (Develop the Sermon Outline) Part 1 “Explanation”
Posted: September 15, 2009 in How To Prepare A SermonTags: Basic Bible Interpretaton, Roy Zuck
So far we have discussed four of seven steps in preparing a sermon: Step One: Choose the Passage Step Two: Study the Passage Step Three: Choose the Proposition or the main idea Step Four: Construct the Sermon Outline or the Divisions Step Five: Develop the sermon outline with the four rhetorical processes: Explanation, Argumenation of [...]
Seven Steps to Preparing a Sermon, Step 4 (Construct The Sermon Outline)
Posted: September 8, 2009 in How To Prepare A SermonTags: Constructing the sermon outline
John R. W. Stott gave this advice on constructing the sermon outline in chapter six in Between Two Worlds: There must be structure to subordinate our material to the theme of the sermon. One danger is a too prominent outline like the protruding skeleton of a starving prisoner of war. Double or triple alliteration of [...]
Seven Steps to Preparing a Sermon, Step 3 (The Proposition, Part Last )
Posted: August 29, 2009 in How To Prepare A SermonTags: Dr. Wayne McDill's 12 Essential Skills for Great Preaching, Haddon Robinson, Harold W. Hoehner's Ephesians: An Exegetical Commentary, John R. W. Stott, Josh Harris, preaching, Sermon preparation
Here are some of the thoughts John R. W. Stott shared on How to Prepare a Sermon with Josh Harris in an interview. The point, I want to highlight is his insight on the importance of the proposition or step 4. 1. Choose your text and mediate on it 2. Ask questions of the text [...]
Seven Steps to Preparing a Sermon, Step 3 (The Proposition, Part First)
Posted: August 28, 2009 in How To Prepare A SermonTags: Bruce Mawhinney, F. B. Meyer, Henry Ward Beecher, J. H. Jowett's The Preacher: His Life and Work, James Braga, Maze Jackson, preaching, Proposition, Robert Delnay
The Proposition is the sermon reduced to one sentence. If one of your members were asked by a friend at work on Monday, “What did your pastor preach about yesterday?” Your church member ought to be able to reply, without hardly thinking, what your proposition was or your sermon reduced to one sentence. “Our pastor [...]
Seven Steps to Preparing a Sermon, Steps 1 & 2 (Choose and Study the Passage)
Posted: May 27, 2009 in How To Prepare A SermonTags: Bruce Mawhinney, C. J. Mahaney, Gordon Fee, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Howard Hendricks, Mark Dever, Preaching With Freshness, Sermon preparation
Start early! This is the welcomed advice of Bruce Mawhinney in Preaching with Freshness, Eugene: Harvest House Publishers, 1991, p. 41). “Early exegesis helps to prevent late eisegesis.” Bruce Mawhinney is senior pastor of New Covenant Fellowship in Mechanicsburg and writes one of the most refreshing books on preaching I have ever read. Preaching with [...]
