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Preaching
Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Feb 27, 2018 (message contributor)
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1. Introduction To Preaching
Contributed on Feb 27, 2018
What is the preacher's task?
Introduction to Preaching! Let me introduce a series of lessons that will cover the gamut of preaching. The Gospel is the most important message on the planet. You, the preacher are a key individual in this heavenly enterprise. Few other people have the opportunity to affect the lives of people ...read more
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2. Lesson 1: My Testimonial
Contributed on Feb 27, 2018
An icebreaker or testimonial is a great first sermon. How do we begin?
What is this Lesson’s Goal? This lesson will encourage you to talk about your spiritual journey. Do Testimonials Have a Purpose? When Paul the apostle wanted to encourage the churches in Corinth regarding endurance in the ministry of Jesus Christ, he mentioned his own example in 2 ...read more
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3. Lesson 2: Preach A Text
Contributed on Feb 27, 2018
The Bible is the most important basis of preaching. How do we preach a text of Holy Scripture?
What’s our Goal Let’s emphasize the importance of Bible-based preaching. What’s the Idea The modern idea that the Bible is not the Word of God but only contains the Word of God is very narrow and inadequate. Granted, there is no verse in the Bible which calls everything from Genesis to ...read more
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4. Lesson 3: Read Scripture Aloud
Contributed on Feb 27, 2018
How do we read the Bible aloud with dignity and appropriate drama?
Intro Very few of us read the Bible aloud well. Yet, the most important words we will ever say in our entire lifetimes are those we quote from the Bible. Public reading of the Holy Scriptures in many churches needs an upgrade. Too often preachers rush through words inspired by God, so that they ...read more
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5. Lesson 4: Powerful Outros
Contributed on Feb 28, 2018
How can we conclude our sermons well?
Lesson Goal This lesson will encourage us to conclude our sermons well. Lesson Intro Moderns often use the terms intro and outro for the older sounding terms introduction and conclusion. Because the English language is ever evolving, let’s attempt to keep up to date and use those terms ...read more
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6. Lesson 5: Arresting Intros
Contributed on Feb 28, 2018
How to begin a sermon well.
Lesson Intro How often have we heard a preacher start a sermon with a long and complicated story or a boring series of irrelevant jokes that made us wonder where the sermon was going? It happens! How can we avoid making the same mistake and week after week deliver consistently good ...read more
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7. Lesson 6: An Organized Sermon
Contributed on Mar 2, 2018
How to have a logical flow to our preaching.
Lesson Goal In this lesson I hope to encourage preachers to have a logical flow to their preaching. Lesson Intro Let all things be done decently and in order (1 Corinthians 14:40). When a sermon is disorganized it is less effective. Organization does not mean that we ignore the Holy Spirit ...read more
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8. Lesson 8: Preach For Application
Contributed on Mar 7, 2018
Making our sermons relevant and practical
Lesson Goal The purpose of this lesson is to help us always make our sermons relevant for daily use and our congregations doers of the word and not hearers only (James 1:22). Lesson Intro There is nothing worse than hearing a pie in the sky, unrealistic sermon from a young preacher who has ...read more
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9. Lesson 9: Preach A Children's Sermon
Contributed on Mar 11, 2018
Children's sermons
Lesson Goal The purpose of this sermon is to encourage the use of quality children's sermons. Lesson Intro Jesus' ministry is famous for his allowing little children to come to him (Matthew 19:14; Luke 18:17), mentioning specifically the advantage children have over adults in receiving the ...read more
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10. Lesson 10: Preaching A Non-Bible Subject
Contributed on Mar 12, 2018
Preach a topic not directly addressed by a single passage of scripture.
Lesson Goal To teach preachers how to handle subjects not directly addressed in the Bible and still have a biblical basis. Lesson Intro There are subjects that a preacher will eventually want to preach on, that are not directly covered in any one passage of Scripture. Parenting, marital ...read more
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11. Lesson 11: A Teaching Sermon
Contributed on Mar 14, 2018
We will discuss modifying the sermon outline to a teaching format, and share a brief introduction to how we can reach people who learn by different methods.
Lesson Goal I hope to encourage obedience to Jesus' command to teach in Matthew 28. Lesson Intro Jesus instructed the disciples to both preach the Gospel (Mark 16:15) and teach those who responded, to obey what he had taught them (Matthew 28:19-20). Preaching is more or less gospel work, ...read more
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12. Lesson 12: Preach A Biblical Topic
Contributed on Mar 18, 2018
How to preach a topic that comes from the Bible.
Lesson Goal To preach a topic that comes from the Bible. Lesson Intro Preaching a text is the easiest and most effective habit for preaching. However, various topics are also covered in the Bible that require the use of several passages of Scripture. How to handle this is an art and a ...read more
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13. Lesson 13: Preach A Springboard
Contributed on Mar 19, 2018
How to springboard without slipping
(The Textual Topic or Topical Text) Lesson Goal Preach a sermon that appropriately uses a single text as a springboard to discuss a broader topic. Lesson Intro As with the biblical topic sermon, some topics are not covered completely within one text. Lesson Plan We will discuss ...read more
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14. Lesson 14: Preach On A Single Word
Contributed on Mar 21, 2018
How to preach on a single word
Lesson Goal To preach a sermon expounding a single word of Scripture Lesson Intro If a picture is worth a thousand words, can a single word be worth a thousand pictures? Lesson Plan We will examine how to choose a word for a sermon, how to research its meaning and create points which ...read more
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15. Lesson 15: Preach A Single Verse
Contributed on Mar 21, 2018
How to preach on a single verse
Lesson Goal I hope to teach how to prepare and deliver a sermon expounding a small unit of Scripture such as a single verse or part of a verse. Lesson Intro A sermon can be painted using a very fine brush for a single word, a small brush for a single verse, a medium brush for a part of a ...read more
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16. Lesson 16: Expound A Pericope
Contributed on Mar 22, 2018
The value of a pericope in preaching
Lesson Goal In this lesson I want to encourage the use of pericopes in preaching. Lesson Intro Have you ever sat through a Bible flipping sermon, where the preacher turns to several Scriptures, ripping them out of their context. The only relationship between the Scriptures is that they all ...read more
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17. Lesson 17: Expound A Chapter
Contributed on Mar 23, 2018
Expound a Bible Chapter
Lesson Goal In this lesson I want to encourage the exposition of a whole chapter or a similar larger passage of Scripture. Lesson Intro Sometimes stepping back and getting a broader view of things, provides perspective and insight that getting lost in details does not. Lesson Plan In ...read more
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18. Lesson 18: Expound A Book
Contributed on Mar 25, 2018
How to expound a whole book of the Bible
Lesson Goal In this lesson I want to encourage the use of a whole book or more in preaching. Lesson Intro When I was in Bible College we used to laugh about the guy who would get up to preach and say that he only had one text, everything from Genesis to Revelation. I stopped laughing about ...read more
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19. Lesson 19: Preach A Doctrine
Contributed on Mar 26, 2018
How to preach a doctrinal sermon
Lesson Goal This lesson is designed to encourage preachers to teach an occasional doctrinal or theological sermon. Lesson Intro Too many people today have gotten the idea that doctrine is not important. Yet, that kind of statement is itself a doctrine. How do you tell a counterfeit note? ...read more
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20. Lesson 20: The Ethical Sermon
Contributed on Mar 27, 2018
How to preach a sermon on ethics
Lesson Goal I hope to encourage the teaching of Christian ethics. Lesson Intro We can't read the Bible without confronting ethics. From the Ten Commandments to Paul's instruction in 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 we run across ethics. Like it or not, ethics is a subject confronting Christians on a ...read more
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21. Lesson 21: The Church Sermon
Contributed on Mar 29, 2018
Giving the annual sermon on the state of the church
Lesson Goal I hope to encourage giving an annual sermon about the local church. Lesson Intro We can easily become like the Samaritans who focused more on worshiping God in a certain place than worshiping God who rules the universe. Denominationalism and provincialism can all be forms of ...read more
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22. Lesson 22: Innovative Preaching
Contributed on Mar 30, 2018
Preach the timeless Gospel with modern techniques
Lesson Goal This lesson is designed to encourage preachers to be innovative and culturally relevant, to be a Greek to the Greek (1 Corinthians 9:20). Lesson Intro Jesus' preaching was innovative and different than the usual preaching in the synagogues of his day. Throughout church history ...read more
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23. Lesson 23: Hermeneutical Preaching
Contributed on Mar 30, 2018
Teaching by example how to rightly interpret Holy Scripture
Lesson Goal I hope to eradicate or greatly diminish bad biblical interpretation in churches. To arm both preacher and congregation against the shoddy Scriptural analysis of many in the Christian market place. Let's teach the church how to rightly divide the word of truth (2 Timothy ...read more
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24. Lesson 24: Preach Revival
Contributed on Mar 31, 2018
Preaching for revival
Lesson Goal I hope to encourage the preaching of real revival not just a special event, a church growth campaign or a counterfeit. Lesson Intro There are many events in recent church history that have been called a revival, but not all of them were genuine revivals. Some were an apostasy. ...read more
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25. Lesson 25: Preach On A Hebrew Word
Contributed on Mar 31, 2018
Expound a Hebrew word
Lesson Goal I hope to teach how to preach a sermon expounding a single Hebrew word. Lesson Intro The Hebrew Scriptures contain two great divisions, the law and the prophets (Matthew 22:40). Christianity was originally a Jewish religion. It only separated from its Hebrew roots when ...read more
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26. Lesson 26: Preach A Greek Word
Contributed on Apr 2, 2018
How to preach a sermon from a Greek word.
Lesson Goal To preach a sermon explaining the ins and outs and application for us today of a Greek New Testament word. Lesson Intro The New Testament was written in Koiné Greek, the Greek of the market place, street language, not the highfalutin Classical Greek of scholars. Yet so often, ...read more
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27. When Christians Sin
Contributed on Apr 3, 2018
How judgmental are we of others? How ready are we to confess our own faults? Do we admit like St Paul, that though we desire not to sin, we still do?
Prelude How judgmental are we of others? How ready are we to confess our own faults? Do we admit like Paul, that though we desire not to sin, we still do? Purpose: Let’s examine living in the light of God’s glory and an overcoming life versus the darkness of living in habitual sin. Plan: ...read more
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28. Lesson 27: Preach Logically
Contributed on Apr 3, 2018
Let's learn to apply logic to our sermons
Lesson Goal I hope to teach how to preach logical sermons. Lesson Intro How do we recognize deception? How do we avoid self-deception? How often have we heard fellow Christians say things that seem rather half-baked and irrational? How often have people in the scientific or educational ...read more
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29. Lesson 28: Preach A Jewel
Contributed on Apr 4, 2018
Learn to to preach an exciting African-American style one-point sermon
Lesson Goal Learn how to preach a one point sermon. Lesson Intro The African-American church has had a unique and interesting development in the history of American Christianity. A unique style of one-point sermon developed which can have great impact in any culture. The jewel sermon is ...read more
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30. Lesson 29: Preach A Ladder
Contributed on Apr 5, 2018
Learn to preach a logical sequence of connected points, a German-style chain, pyramid or ladder
Lesson Goal This lesson is designed to teach a logical sequence of connected points. Lesson Intro Central Europeans are often very detailed-minded and diligent. A style of rhetoric that is popular among Germans is connecting ideas together in a chain. This is similar to building ideas on ...read more