Why is teaching important?
Memorable main message
Antithesis
Discussion
Burden
Humor
Storytelling
Analogies
Gospel presentation
Encouragement for the teacher
Introduction
Keeping listener’s attention
Wrapping up/conclusion
Making your call
Nature of preaching
Preparation of the sermon
Delivery
Preacher’s audience
Difficulties in preaching
Narrative Inductive Study Worksheet
Why teach narrative?
How to interpret narrative
Common mistakes
Presentation tips
Discussion Questions
Email the study center for audio
5 Common mistakes and how to avoid them
Lack of faith
Lack of clarity
Don’t create tension
Lame discussion
Lack of emphasis
Developing outlines
Delivery and effective teaching elements
Who should teach?
Length
Feedback
Teaching prep
Delivery
Discussion
Burden
Goal of persuasion
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
Why teach through discussion?
Creating questions
Where to put questions in your outline
Guiding discussion
Theory, definition, assessment
Preparing guided discussion
Conducting guided discussion
Responding, correcting, discerning during group discussion
I have God’s approval
I have God’s word
God’s Spirit will help me
God’s authority over Satan
NT view of teaching
Study
Flow of thought (story/argument)
Questions to ask after you finished your outline
Tapping into God’s power
Preparing Outlines from Between Two Worlds by John Stott
Six Inductive Study Questions from Prepared to Preach by Greg Scharf
Tools for the Trade (Study to Outline) from Biblical Preaching by Haddon Robinson
Ransacking Questions from Living By the Book by Howard Hendricks
Living By the Book – Howard Hendricks
Ransacking Questions from Living By the Book by Howard Hendricks
The Wiersbe Bible Commentary (free online)
6 Questions for inductive study
1. What is preaching?
2. God prepares preachers
3. We who preach still need to prepare
4. The necessity and centrality of prayer
5. Preparing (or repairing) your relationship with God
6. Relationships with other people and your behavior
7-9. Preparing your mind
10. Preparing your body
11. Preparing the congregation to hear and obey God’s word
12. Preparing the message
13. Submitting to the text
14. Letting the text has it’s say
15. Working to make the message clear
16. Preaching through to the heart
17. Preparing to deliver the message
18. Preparing yourself to deliver the message
Tools for the trade- outline from study to sermon
1. The case for expository preaching
2. What’s the big idea?
3. Tools of the trade
4. The road from text to sermon
5. The arrow and the target
6. The shapes sermons take
7. Making dry bones live
8. Start with a band and quit all over
9. The dress of thought
10. How to preach so people will listen
Principles for expository preaching
Word and witness
Obligations of the sermon
The priority of the text
Components of exposition
Preparation of expository sermons
The process of explanation
Outlining and structure
The pattern of illustration
The practice of application
Introductions, conclusions, and transitions
A theology of Christ-centered messages
Redemptive approach to preaching
Developing redemptive sermons
Preaching as God speaking through people: a biblical and theological rational
The bottlenecks
Little faith
The unqualified or disqualified preacher
Faulty text selection
Inadequate understanding of the preaching passage
Inadequate contextualization to the preaching situation
Faulty organization
Inadequate or overused illustration
Flawed delivery
Condensed Outline (Preparing Sermons)
The glory of preaching: a historical sketch
Contemporary objections to preaching
Theological foundations for preaching
Preaching as bridge-building
The call to study
Preparing sermons
Sincerity and earnestness
Courage and humility