Sermon Video Introduction: So we have now come to the conclusion of the second consolation section in the prophecy of Micah. As we continue to work through this passage, notice again that ...
The Prophecy of Micah [9]
Just Glorious
“These three rules seem to have in them the practical sum of the whole matter. I beg you to remember them and apply them with all the wisdom that God gives you. First. Have as few congregations as you can. Second. Know your congregation as thoroughly as you can. Third. Know your congregation so largely and deeply that in knowing it you shall know humanity.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 143
Which Is Odd
“I have known many ministers who were frank and simple and unreserved with other people for whom they did not feel a responsibility, but who threw around themselves a cloak of fictions and reserves the moment that they met a parishioner.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 138
With the Accent on Intelligent
“The real power of your oratory must be your own intelligent delight in what you are doing.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 134
Don’t Meander
“Give your sermon an orderly consistent progress, and do not hesitate to let your hearers see it distinctly, for it will help them first to understand and then to remember what you say.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 134
The Prophecy of Micah [8]
Sermon Video Introduction: We are still in the mid dle of one of Micah’s consolation sections, and we have come to the passage where the birth of the Messiah is promised. The Text: “Now ...
Exactly
“The true way to get rid of the boniness of your sermon is not by leaving out the skeleton, but by clothing it with flesh.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 134
Write Down Every Other Word
“I think that the best sermons that ever have been preached, taking all the qualities of sermons into account, have probably been extemporaneous sermons, but that the number of good sermons preached from manuscript have probably been far greater than the number of good sermons preached extemporaneously; and he who can put those two facts together will arrive at some pretty clear and just idea of how it will be best for him to preach.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 132
Was It Ever Fresh?
“The real question about a sermon is, not whether it is extemporaneous when you deliver it to your people, but whether it ever was extemporaneous, whether there ever was a time when the discourse sprang freshly from your heart and mind” ().
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 130
The Prophecy of Micah [7]
Sermon Video Introduction: We are continuing to work through the consolation section of the second cycle. Each cycle consists of warning, judgment, and consolation. As this section encompasses ...