Elements of Biblical Sermon Flashcards
THE ELEMENTS
-read the text
-Introduce the sermon
-make the point (Grows through exegetical work)
-explain the point (chunk of message)
-Application
-Make it clear
(illustrations)
-finish well
TEN STEPS
- Grasp the text in their town
- Measure the width of the river
- Cross the principilizing bridge
- Grasp the text in our town
- Exegete your congregation
- Determine how much background material to use in sermon
- determine sermon thesis & main points
- text-centered applications
- Find illustrations
- Write out sermon and practice
STEP ONE
GRASP TEXT IN THEIR TOWN
- careful/thorough reading of text
- In-depth analysis of text itself
- write out text thesis statement, and text outline
STEP TWO
MEASURE THE WIDTH OF THE RIVER
-Similarities/differences between biblical context and today
STEP THREE
CROSS THE PRINCIPILIZING BRIDGE
- ancient world into our world
- universal, timeless, theological principles that are relevant to believers today
STEP FOUR
GRASP TEXT IN OUR TOWN
-Theological principles don’t change, our application does
STEP FIVE
EXEGETE YOUR CONGREGATION
- Determining biblical/theological literacy
- social/cultural setting
- how to adapt to the level of the congregation
STEP SIX
BACKGROUND MATERIAL
- Depends on text/audience
- issues that need translation
STEP SEVEN
SERMON THESIS/MAIN POINTS
- Sermon needs one main idea
- write out sermon thesis statement
- explain points from exegetical work
STEP EIGHT
TEXT-CENTERED APPLICATION
STEP NINE
FIND ILLUSTRATIONS
-Illustrations are not your sermon, just tools to make your sermon points more understandable and inspiring
STEP TEN
WRITE OUT SERMON AND PRACTICE
-delivery of sermon is just as important as development
