What are the 12 Steps of Preparing Expository Sermons? Flashcards
What are the 12 steps of preparing expository sermons?
Section 1. Text Analysis 1. Diagramming the Text Structure 2. Noting the Text Details 3. Asking Research Questions Section 2. Theological Interpretation 4. Naming the Text Idea 5. Bridging from Text to Sermon 6. Writing Sermon Divisions Section 3. Sermon Development 7. Balancing Persuasive Elements 8. Exploring Natural Analogies 9. Drawing Pictures, Telling Stories Section 4. Sermon Design 10. Touching Human Experience 11. Aiming for Faith 12. Planning the Oral Presentation
Define what the following figures of speech mean?
- Climax: the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something
- Hyperbole: an obvious and intentional exaggeration
- Antithesis: the direct opposite of something. The placing of a sentence or one if its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas.
- Exclamation: an outcry, loud complaint or protest
- Personification: the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions
- Interrogation: a question or inquiry
- Synecdoche: a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole, or the whole for a part. The special for the general or the general for the special.
- Metaphor: a term or phrase that is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
- Epigram: any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed
- Apostrophe: an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea
Describe the difference between Deductive and Inductive reasoning
Inductive thinking is when you examine the particulars of something in order to come to conclusions about what you see and what it means. It’s the Act of reasoning from a part to a whole, from particulars to generals. Deductive thinking is when someone begins with an assertion of truth and looks for evidence that might express such truths. It’s the act of reasoning from the general to the particular from a given premise to draw a conclusion.
Name and define the resource books commonly used in biblical interpretation?
Bible: the inspired word of God which means everything within it is God’s truth
Commentary: Explanations and interpretations of the Scriptures.
Concordance: Alphabetical listing of principal words in the Bible, including references where each word can be found.
Lexicons (Word studies): Dictionary of particular languages, especially, Greek, Latin, Hebrew.
Bible Atlases, Maps: Locations of places, areas, travels, distances, relationships, geography, etc.
Gospel Parallels: Variation of wording found in other texts, Passage-by-passage comparison of the gospels in chronological arrangements
Marginal or Center References: Location of words or ideas in other passages, O.T. source of New Testament ideas
Bible Handbook: Background, geography, & culture/customs (books).
Topical Bibles: Bible’s that are split up according to specific topics
Interlinear Bibles: Bible’s that are designed to examine the Greek and Hebrew words that lie behind our English translations
Dictionaries: They deal with words used in the Bible but also present other material similar to what is found in an encyclopedia.
Word Studies: provide language, background, and usage information on words from the English Bible.
Bible Software: can put all of the aforementioned tools together in one place
Define and give an example of articulation, pronunciation, and enunciation?
Enunciation: refers to the overall quality of speech
Articulation: refers to the shaping of individual sounds that comprise a word (git, jist, fer)
Pronunciation: refers to where the emphasis is placed within a word (ad’mirable)
Describe the difference between rate, volume, and pitch?
Pitch: tonal quality
Volume: amount of force needed for message or voice to be heard
Rate: the speed at which a person speaks=fast, slow, or mono-toned
What is an example of a text idea?
The Necessity of Regeneration
What is an example of a sermon idea?
Regeneration is Necessary in the Kingdom of God
What is the difference, and give an example, of the “text idea and the sermon idea?
The Text Idea: the core idea of the text worded as subject/modifier and stated as a complete, past-tense sentence containing reference to certain historical elements associated with the text. (What the original text writer said)
The Sermon Idea: The same core concept as the text idea, worded as subject/modifier and stated as a present tense, universal statement, without the historical elements. (What the preacher is saying)
Describe the purpose statement?
A purpose statement reflects the persuasive element of a sermon which is aimed at a change in the audience, to influence them towards a particular response.
What is an example of a purpose statement?
I want to see a significant numbers of hearers decide today to practice these 8 steps.
Give an entire outline of the sermon parts
Introduction Attention Getter Need Text Idea Sermon Idea Interrogative Transition Statement Division Statement 1 Explanation, Illustration, Argumentation, Application Transition Statement Division Statement 2 Explanation, Illustration, Argumentation, Application Division Statement 3 Explanation, Illustration, Argumentation, Application Conclusion Transition Statement Reiteration Action Appeal Invitation
What does sharp stand for?
Story Humor Analogies References Pictures
Give an example of a transitional statement with a key word?
God is strong. Acknowledge that apart from Jesus Christ you can do nothing, and then decide that you are going to “hang on to” God, just like Jacob did.
Explain the parts of telling a story?
Distinguishing between the inner an outer story Reporting like an eye witness Researching the information you need Keeping it Simple Particularizing the scene Presenting with Flair