“The introduction has two chief objects, to interest our hearers in the subject, and to prepare them for understanding it” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 249).
One Sermon, Not a String of Them
“It has often been said that a sermon should be about one thing. To be more accurate, the perfect sermon has one angle, one purpose, one rhetorical tie, and one psychological center” (Galli & Larson, Preaching That Connects, p. 56).
That Being the Point
“Every sermon, by our definition, persuades” (Galli & Larson, Preaching That Connects, p. 49).
An Integrated Whole
“The human body, like the sermon, does many things at once . . . The sermon, like the human body, does many things at once, though this is not grasped by the novice” (Galli & Larson, Preaching That Connects, p. 47).
Because Scattered Doesn’t Remember Well
“One reason why some preachers find extemporaneous speaking so difficult is, that they do not arrange their sermons well” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 243)
Gifts That Profit
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #142 “But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal” (1 Cor. 12:7). Let’s begin our discussion of this passage by citing a more contemporary translation. “To each is given the manifestation of the …
Love That Leaves the Pulpit
“The first act of love in preaching is an act of self-denial — to become more interested in people than in the subject” (Galli and Larson, Preaching That Connects, p. 16).
Between Heaven and Earth
Introduction We see in this passage a stark contrast between the shrewdness of Joab and the sentiment of David. Joab was not a godly man, but he was often clear-headed about the politics of the thing. David was a godly man, but he was at times muddled by his own sense of mingled love and …
Never Let An Assembly Go to Waste
“Paul the indefatigable! He never stopped. Let his body be bruised and bleeding from a near lynching, but then show him a crowd and immediately he wants to preach to them (Acts 21:39)” (Motyer, Preaching?, p. 120).
Unless a Fly is Buzzing the Pulpit
“People don’t like listening to talking windmills” (Motyer, Preaching?, p. 116).