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What Is The Motivation . . . by Biblical Preaching on Nov 6, 2009 in Christianity Homiletics Preaching Religion Stage 2 - Passage Study Do you ever wonder what someone’s motivation might be?  For example, I was thinking about a man I once knew who never read anything except the Bible.  His preaching bore the fruit.  Some might say that his preaching was biblically saturated...

Forging Connections by Biblical Preaching on Nov 5, 2009 in Audience Analysis Christianity Delivery Homiletics Preaching Religion Perhaps preaching could be defined as a work of forging connections.  In a world of increasingly independent and disconnected individuals relating often on a level of billiard balls (bouncing and bumping, but not connecting), the preacher’s ta...

Textual Tone – Deduce, Demonstrate, Declare by Biblical Preaching on Nov 4, 2009 in Christianity Delivery Homiletics Preaching Religion Each text in the Bible has a tone.  We are often oblivious to it.  Our training in Bible school tends to focus on analysis of content.  Most sermons tend to train listeners to look at content (or perhaps to largely ignore the text and just bounce...

Narrative Breaking Series by Biblical Preaching on Nov 3, 2009 in Christianity Genre Homiletics Old Testament Preaching A story is a story.  It should be studied as a story and understood as a story.  But what about when you are preaching part of a story?  For instance, take the book of Ruth.  I had to preach just part of that story on Sunday.  It’s not eas...

Push Through To Unity of Main Idea – part 2 by Biblical Preaching on Nov 2, 2009 in Christianity Homiletics Preaching Religion Stage 2 - Passage Study Last time I suggested one approach, simply asking what the passage is about.  But what if that approach isn’t causing fruit to drop from the branches.  Are there other tacks to take that might help a preacher grasp the essential unity of idea...

Push Through To Unity of Main Idea by Biblical Preaching on Oct 30, 2009 in Christianity Homiletics Preaching Religion Stage 1 - Passage Selection When you are confident that you are dealing with a legitimate unit of text, then you can be confident that there is unity to the idea contained in that text.  You will often need that confidence.  Usually a passage doesn’t offer its unity on...