If you also have trouble solving the problem of clarity, there are a few practical things to consider when preparing your sermon:
1. Have a central point
- The preaching of the presentation is not simply a comment on the text.
- It is the transmission of the truth of the text.
- [8] As such.
- It is very important that you come up with a short.
- Clear proposition in your mind that expresses the general idea of your sermon (which.
- Of course.
- Will be derived from the general idea of the text) and then.
- In fact.
- Present this proposition at some point in the sermon.
- As Bryan Chapell so clearly observes in his book Christ-centered Preaching: “Listeners quickly tire of searching the theological landscape for ideas and anecdotes in an effort to figure out where their pastor is going.
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2. Show how the center point is based on the text
Good exegesis and good theological reflection will reveal a clear emphasis on the text; If you’ve worked hard, this will give you a general idea of your sermon, but you have to make it clear in the text. Of course, you want your people to trust you, but more than that, you want them to trust the truth of what you say about the Word of God. You don’t need to be an explanatory guru or a magician, they’re those where people feel they’ve simply pointed out what’s in the text and let it have an effect on their hearts and minds.
3. Hold: Change for clarity
Aren’t you afraid of him? Cut your work generously. One of the quickest ways to clarify your central theme is to eliminate anything that doesn’t support it. This can be very difficult if you’ve spent a lot of time with your exegesis. You’ve learned a lot, about your text over the last week, and you’ve been very eloquent on secondary issues. However, if you’ve done the job of limiting yourself to a main idea, don’t confuse or distract people with other things, however curious they may be. you think so.
4. Retain: Change for simplicity
Don’t take your people on an exegical treasure hunt. The instinct to direct your people to the text and enjoy this moment when everyone turns to the scriptures is a good time. However, more is not always better. The editors of our Bibles have given us thousands of cross-references. Your people don’t need to see them all. Don’t confuse a multitude of connections with something that can really back up your argument. If there is a key text, of course, take the church there; however, there is more than likely to be only one or perhaps two of these. passages in a sermon. Open more passages than that and you will probably be in the realm of biblical theology (which may be useful), but this can cost the main point of your passage.
5. Hold on: change to gain strength
Preach shorter sermons. Few 50-minute preachers are, let alone 60-minute preachers. I probably never met him, but I’m relatively convinced (at least statistically) that the average duration of his sermon is probably a little longer than it should be. And even if I’m wrong, I’m pretty convinced that the average The extent of your sermon is longer than your congregation would like it to be. It takes time, dexterity and incredible self-discipline to build a congregation that enjoys a long, articulate discourse. If you have not inherited such a congregation or if you have not spent years (actually decades) developing one, consider shortening your sermon. At the very least, shortening your sermon will require it to be clearer and, ideally, to present your general idea in a simple and concise way.
Notes: [8] Consider, for example, the definitions of explanatory preaching proposed by Mark Dever (?A sermon that takes the center point of the text as the center point of the sermon?) Or Mike Bullmore (?A preaching in which the purpose “Does the passage shape the content and purpose of the message?) Therefore, the exhibition is not simply the content or central theme of the text (excerpt by exegesis and theological reflection). The exhibition also requires simplicity and clarity to present the central point of the text. [9] Bryan Chapell, Christ-Centered Preaching, Second Edition (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 1994), 44 (published in Portuguese under the title Cristoc’ntrica Preaching (Editora Cultura Cristo, 2002).
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