Sermon Development Podcast: Saving Your Life for God SAVING YOUR LIFE FOR GOD This chapter will be directed more toward the pastor who prepares sermons and Bible studies each week of the year. However, most of the information will be meaningful for all teachers of God’s Word. The intent of this chapter is to provide …
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Christian Issues, Expository Preaching, Guest Posts, Sermon Development Peniel Preaching Peniel Preaching by Rodney Autry Sermons should bear scars of the Savior’s surgery of our soul. Paul humbly boasted, “I carry the marks of Jesus on my body” (Gal. 6: 17). As every good New Testament student knows “marks” translates the Greek stigmata. Most of …
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Expository Preaching, Sermon Development Expository Preaching – Introductions The Introduction Some preaching theorists instruct preachers that the Introduction should be developed as the final step in sermon construction. As Vines and Shaddix argued, “Most preachers find it rather difficult to introduce something before they know what they are introducing.”[1] This indeed is logical advice, but …
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Expository Preaching, Sermon Development Challenges of the Introduction The Challenges of the Introduction In the preaching event our audience usually is a captive one. This means that it is unlikely that any one will get up and leave. This does not mean, however, that those listening are automatically interested or will be engaged in …
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Expository Preaching, Sermon Development Sermon Outlining and Genre Sermon Outlining and Genre Differing biblical genre (types of biblical literature) will need to be investigated differently as it relates to sermon outlining for preaching purposes. The studious preacher will desire to learn to conduct structural/syntactical analyses of epistolary and poetic literature. An example of this approach …
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Expository Preaching, Sermon Development Expository Preaching – Empowering the Outline After I had been teaching for about five years I noticed that my student’s outlines were generally well-done and effective. But I also noticed that the outline points rarely pricked at my heart or caused any stirring in my spirit. This led me to review …
Sermon Development Expository Preaching Defined Part 4 – Holy Spirit Power In this post I will provide some brief insights into Holy Spirit power in expository preaching. Expository Preaching is: “The oral proclamation of a properly interpreted passage of Scripture, in the power of the Holy Spirit, by a God-called messenger, to an assembled body, for …
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Expository Preaching Defined – Part 3 Call to Preach Posted by: admin on: November 20 2015 • Categorized in: Sermon Development A Call to Preach: God-Called Messenger In this post I am discussing the third aspect of my definition of expository preaching. The call to preach … the God-called messenger: Expository Preaching is: “The oral proclamation …
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Expository Preaching Defined – Part 2 Interpreting a Biblical Passage Posted by: admin on: November 18 2015 • Categorized in: Sermon Development Properly Interpreted Biblical Passage Expository Preaching is: “The oral proclamation of a properly interpreted passage of Scripture, in the power of the Holy Spirit, by a God-called messenger, to an assembled body, for …
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Expository Preaching Defined Part 1 Posted by: admin on: November 16 2015 • Categorized in: Sermon Development “How is biblical preaching defined?” Again, one of the aspects of virtually any book related to the subject of expository preaching is that the book usually contains the author’s definition of the subject. When I entered doctoral studies …