When you are preaching the Old Testament, there should always be a radar bleeping in your heart regarding where Christ fits into the message. Some will suggest that every message must be entirely and purely about Christ, whatever the text was originally intended to convey. I feel this approach can bring our view of the [...]
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Where Does Christ Fit?
Posted in Christianity, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Old Testament, Preaching, Religion, Stage 3 - Passage Purpose, Stage 4 - Passage Idea, Stage 5 - Message Purpose, Stage 6 - Message Idea, Stage 7 - Message Outline, Stage 8 - Message Detail, tagged Christocentric Preaching on August 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Full Sentence Points
Posted in Christianity, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Preaching, Religion, Stage 7 - Message Outline, Stage 8 - Message Detail, tagged Sermon Outlines, Preaching Points on August 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Why do I recommend preachers have full sentence points? Or to put it another way – what is the problem with single-word points? After all, a series of three or four single words can be memorable, both during the message and potentially after it. So why not just give single word “points” as the message [...]
When Expository Preaching Almost Isn’t
Posted in Christianity, Homiletics, Preaching, Religion, Stage 6 - Message Idea, Stage 7 - Message Outline, tagged Expository Preaching on August 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
One approach to preaching a text is a particularly well worn path, but at times it verges on leaving the territory of the expository. If done well it doesn’t leave the territory, but it sometimes gets close to the fence. Let me see if I can help you see what I mean. Imagine you have [...]
Why Did the Coughs Spread?
Posted in Audience Analysis, Christianity, Delivery, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Preaching, Religion, Stage 7 - Message Outline, Stage 8 - Message Detail on August 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday I shared about the contrast between the attention of the crowd one night and the significant distraction the next night – same venue, same weather, same chairs, different speaker. Perhaps something here might be helpful to you. Why were they distracted? 1. It felt like a commentary with added anecdotes. It was like a [...]
Simply Good Preaching
Posted in Christianity, Delivery, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Preaching, Religion, Stage 4 - Passage Idea, Stage 5 - Message Purpose, Stage 6 - Message Idea, Stage 7 - Message Outline, Stage 8 - Message Detail, tagged Keswick Convention on August 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Someone has said that you know it was a good sermon when you find yourself asking how the preacher knew all about you. That’s a nice sentiment that points to the importance of applicational relevance in preaching. Now allow me to give you my statement. This is not a complete statement, or a forever statement. [...]
Have I Mentioned This Before?
Posted in Christianity, Homiletics, Preaching, Religion, Stage 6 - Message Idea, Stage 7 - Message Outline, tagged Unity Order Progress on August 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I suspect somewhere in more than a thousand posts on here, I have mentioned once or twice about the importance of unity in a message. Order is often present, if only by virtue of the progression of the text. Progress is sort of present, inasmuch as the number of verses are running out, as is [...]
Preview for Clarity
Posted in Audience Analysis, Christianity, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Preaching, Religion, Stage 5 - Message Purpose, Stage 6 - Message Idea, Stage 7 - Message Outline, Stage 8 - Message Detail, tagged Expository Preaching, Sermon Preview on July 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Some people like to take the complexity and intricacy of preaching and turn it into a one-size fits all template. This is unfortunate because preaching has so many variables to be enjoyed and utilized. Take, for instance, the preview. As part of the introduction to a message, the preacher may choose to give an outline [...]
Speeding the Process
Posted in Christianity, Homiletics, Preaching, Religion, Stage 1 - Passage Selection, Stage 2 - Passage Study, Stage 3 - Passage Purpose, Stage 4 - Passage Idea, Stage 6 - Message Idea, Stage 7 - Message Outline on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of other ideas that can be added to yesterday’s post: “Sermon Ideation Groups to plan a series through a book.” John suggested this and I heartily concur. Mapping out passages and initial ideas can be a great headstart to the sermon series planning process. Anything that helps to avoid the “from scratch” sensation [...]
When Time is Short
Posted in Christianity, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Preaching, Religion, Stage 1 - Passage Selection, Stage 5 - Message Purpose, Stage 7 - Message Outline, Stage 8 - Message Detail on June 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A good friend wrote the following: As I anticipate teaching preaching overseas, I realize that I need to take seriously the lack of time that these pastors have for sermon prep. I feel like my training has prepared me well both to practice and to teach a strategy for preaching that requires quite a bit [...]
Some Thoughts on Preparing to Preach Psalm 22
Posted in Christianity, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Old Testament, Preaching, Religion, Stage 2 - Passage Study, Stage 4 - Passage Idea, Stage 5 - Message Purpose, Stage 6 - Message Idea, Stage 7 - Message Outline, Stage 8 - Message Detail on June 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is not a complete post, but it may be helpful. I received the following question from a good friend: I have been asked to preach on psalm 22 and am at the moment soaking myself in it to try and make sure I understand the message, the structure and what God was saying then [...]
When Order Matters
Posted in Christianity, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Preaching, Religion, Stage 5 - Message Purpose, Stage 7 - Message Outline, Stage 8 - Message Detail on June 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes the points in a message can be given in any order. Sometimes order matters. 1. When wrong order of content loses listeners I remember Don Sunukjian explaining how in preaching, because we increase the time taken to explain the elements of a sentence, we sometimes need to reverse the order. For example, I can [...]
Bonus: They Can’t See Your Notes
Posted in Christianity, Delivery, Homiletics, Preaching, Religion, Stage 7 - Message Outline, Stage 8 - Message Detail on May 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’ve posted a couple of posts about the fact that listeners can’t see your notes. This fact does create a burden or two on you, the preacher, but there are positives too. 1. They don’t know what you missed. This may be for the sake of time, or because your eyes skipped, or because of [...]
But Wait, They Can See My Notes
Posted in Christianity, Delivery, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Preaching, Religion, Stage 5 - Message Purpose, Stage 6 - Message Idea, Stage 7 - Message Outline, Stage 8 - Message Detail, Uncategorized, tagged powerpoint preaching on May 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday I wrote about some of the challenges that come from our listeners not being able to see our notes. We preach orally, but tend to prepare in literary forms (manuscript, indented outlines, etc.) I mentioned the issue of transitions – very different animals in spoken than in written communication. I mentioned the need to [...]
Because They Can’t See Your Notes
Posted in Christianity, Delivery, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Preaching, Religion, Stage 5 - Message Purpose, Stage 7 - Message Outline, Stage 8 - Message Detail, tagged Steve Matthewson on May 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I suppose it is obvious, but sometimes obvious things need stating. When we preach we are communicating orally. People hear us, and usually can see us, but they can’t see our notes. What difference does this startling realization make to our preaching? Well, it should cause us to pay particular attention to the following: 1. [...]
Ingredients for Creativity
Posted in Audience Analysis, Christianity, Delivery, Genre, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Preaching, Religion, Stage 5 - Message Purpose, Stage 6 - Message Idea, Stage 7 - Message Outline, Stage 8 - Message Detail on May 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
If you want to increase creativity in your preaching, what is needed? 1. Time. If you are squeezed for time then it will not be possible to add the extra work needed (and the thinking capacity needed) for adding creativity to your preaching. 2. Freedom and trust. It is important to know the congregation to [...]
A List of Styles
Posted in Audience Analysis, Christianity, Delivery, Homiletics, Preaching, Religion, Stage 7 - Message Outline, tagged Bible Fresh, BibleFresh on April 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
At the BibleFresh preaching event one speaker shared about preaching to the 20′s-30′s generation. I think his name was Andy West (apologies Andy if I got your last name wrong). His talk will probably be available online in due course at this site. He shared four styles of preaching that he observes among effective preaching [...]
Points in a Narrative Text Sermon
Posted in Christianity, Delivery, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Old Testament, Preaching, Religion, Stage 5 - Message Purpose, Stage 6 - Message Idea, Stage 7 - Message Outline, Stage 8 - Message Detail, tagged bible stories, Expository Preaching, Preaching Biblical Narrative on April 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There is a field of homiletics referred to as narrative preaching, but this post is concerned with the preaching of a narrative passage – eg. David and Goliath, Joseph in Potiphar’s House, Hannah & Samuel, etc. In other posts I have encouraged the use of full sentence points, rather than descriptive titles that make the [...]
Managing Message Momentum
Posted in Audience Analysis, Christianity, Delivery, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Preaching, Religion, Stage 5 - Message Purpose, Stage 7 - Message Outline, Stage 8 - Message Detail on April 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Even the best message preparation often overlooks the critical issue of momentum. So messages will often follow one of these patterns: 1. “U” … Start with a bang – drag on through the bulk – pick up for a strong finish. 2. “/” … Start slow – gradually increase in energy and get going. 3. [...]
How To Not Preach Like a Commentary
Posted in Christianity, Delivery, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Preaching, Religion, Stage 7 - Message Outline, tagged Expository Preaching on April 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
It’s easy to preach like a commentary. Either you lift content out of a commentary and preach it, or you write your message like you were writing a commentary. It leads to a set of headings superimposed on the text, and sometimes superimposed on a projector screen too. The Problem of Prayer, The Power of [...]
Falling Short of Unity, Order and Progress
Posted in Christianity, Delivery, Homiletics, Preaching, Religion, Stage 2 - Passage Study, Stage 3 - Passage Purpose, Stage 5 - Message Purpose, Stage 7 - Message Outline, tagged Expository Preaching, Unity Order Progress on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Can I offer three ways in which we can have unity, order and progress, yet still fall short in each area? Unity – We often fall short when we just tie together the sections of the text by means of a keyword or subject. In many passages it is relatively easy to make the two [...]
Monological Q and A – part 2
Posted in Audience Analysis, Christianity, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Preaching, Religion, Stage 5 - Message Purpose, Stage 7 - Message Outline, Stage 8 - Message Detail on March 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday I offered three thoughts on how to make a message that engages the listener. Even though you are doing all the talking, they don’t feel like observers at a presentation, but participants in a half quiet conversation. They feel like you’re talking to them, like they are involved as the message progresses. Relevant preaching, [...]
Monological Q and A
Posted in Christianity, Delivery, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Preaching, Religion, Stage 5 - Message Purpose, Stage 7 - Message Outline, Stage 8 - Message Detail on March 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My last post on Friday sparked a few comments regarding the possibilities of Q&A with congregations. There is certainly more to be said for that. I read an article by a friend wrestling with the biblical tension (for want of a better word), between the need for authoritative presentation of truth (preacher as herald), and [...]
Too Obvious To State?
Posted in Christianity, Delivery, Homiletics, Preaching, Religion, Stage 7 - Message Outline, tagged Haddon Robinson on March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I was in a conversation with a friend the other day and his question prompted a response that I heard previously from Haddon Robinson. Interestingly, I don’t remember Haddon overtly teaching this concept, but it came out several times in responses to questions he was asked. Perhaps these three principles (from Aristotle, I believe), are [...]
Don’t Rush
Posted in Audience Analysis, Christianity, Delivery, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Preaching, Religion, Stage 5 - Message Purpose, Stage 6 - Message Idea, Stage 7 - Message Outline, Stage 8 - Message Detail on March 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’m not referring specifically to the speed of delivery here. Some of us need to slow down sometimes, others could really do with speeding up slightly, and we all need to be sensitive to the particular listeners before us. I am referring to the pace of information being offered. It is easy, especially after studying [...]
Going Deeper Than Instruction
Posted in Christianity, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, New Testament, Preaching, Religion, Stage 2 - Passage Study, Stage 3 - Passage Purpose, Stage 5 - Message Purpose, Stage 7 - Message Outline, Stage 8 - Message Detail on March 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In a lot of preaching situations it is easier to simply present the text and press home the imperatives. Whether or not there is technically an imperative in the grammar, we can easily turn a passage into an instruction and press for change through our words. I wonder how often we miss the opportunity to [...]
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