How To Prepare A Sermon The First Step: The first step in preparing a sermon involves finding out what the passage of Scripture is all about. I generally preach through books of the Bible so I tend to outline the Scriptures in order to find the thought structures of the biblical writers. How To Prepare A Sermon The First Step There are three ways to outline a passage … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2016
How To Prepare A Sermon In 6 Steps
How To Prepare A Sermon In 6 Steps: John Stott said, “Preaching is indispensable to Christianity.” Martyn Loyd-Jones asserted, “To me the work of preaching is the highest and the greatest and most glorious calling to which anyone can ever be called.” I have been in ministry for twenty-five years or so and preaching has been a weekly part of that ministry. I love preaching … [Read more...]
How To Write A Topical Sermon
How To Write A Topical Sermon: A topical sermon is one way to teach the Bible to your congregation. There are many subjects in the Bible which you can use to create topical sermons. For example, you may want to teach on the subject of sin, temptation, forgiveness, end times, creation, giving, heaven and hell. Here are four fundamental truths that I keep in mind when I write … [Read more...]
Top 5 One Volume Commentaries on the Bible
Top 5 One Volume Commentaries on the Bible: When I studied preaching at seminary, I was taught to diagram the original text, to develop an exegetical outline from the diagrammatical outline, to develop a homiletical outline from the exegetical outline and finally to develop a preaching outline from the homiletical outline. Our homiletical professor made it very clear … [Read more...]
Top 5 Books on Preaching
Top 5 Books on Preaching: Recently I taught a course on preaching to a number of Bible Seminary students. In the process of teaching this course, I recommended several preaching books to them so that they could build a collection of preaching books for their library. I have been preaching for twenty-five years or so and I have studied preaching at under-graduate level … [Read more...]