HeadHeartHand Blog » How Sermons Work https://headhearthand.org  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Sun, 28 May 2023 19:18:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 What is sermon application? https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/05/03/what-is-sermon-application/ https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/05/03/what-is-sermon-application/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 11:00:03 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=13092
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My definition: Application is the process by which the unchanging principles of God’s word are brought into life-changing contact with people who live in an ever-changing world. 

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Video 1: Three reasons why we should work hard on our sermon introductions (link for email and RSS subscribers)

  1. Ordinary human experience
  2.  Sinful human experience
  3. Hearer’s Expectations

Video 2: Ten “Don’ts” of Sermon Introductions (link for email and RSS subscribers)

  1. Don’t be too long
  2. Don’t be too showy
  3. Don’t be too ambitious
  4. Don’t be too personal
  5. Don’t be too loud
  6. Don’t be too predictable
  7. Don’t steal the sermon’s thunder
  8. Don’t be apologetic
  9. Don’t flatter
  10. Don’t be offensive

Previous videos in the How Sermons Work series here.

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Are you serving up a balanced diet to your congregation? In this video I give a brief summary of ten kinds of sermon (email and RSS click here to view video)

  1. Doctrinal Sermons
  2. Theistic Sermons
  3. Apologetic Sermons
  4. Controversial Sermons
  5. Practical Sermons
  6. Historical/Biographical sermons
  7. Experiential Sermons
  8. Topical Sermons
  9. Evangelistic Sermons
  10. Discriminatory Sermons

Previous videos in the How Sermons Work series here.

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Some of the textual questions we want to ask when preparing a sermon are:

  1. What are the main words in the text?
  2. What are the most important places or personalities?
  3. What doctrines are involved?
  4. What is central and what is peripheral?
  5. How is the text structured?

Previous videos in the How Sermons Work series here.

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Exegesis is the process that is used to explain the meaning and message of a text of Scripture. In this video I explain how biblical exegesis:

  1. Begins with prayer
  2. Is hard work
  3. Can be learned
  4. Gets easier
  5. Is practical
  6. Must be limited
  7. Asks questions
  8. Is not preaching.

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Email and RSS readers click here to view video. Previous Videos in the How Sermons Work Series:

1. Text or Topic?
2. Why choose a text?
3. What is a text?
4. The pros and cons of consecutive expository preaching

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Email and RSS readers click here to view video. Previous Videos in the How Sermons Work Series:

1. Text or Topic?
2.  Why choose a text?
3. What is a text?

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Email and RSS readers click here to view video. Previous Videos in the How Sermons Work Series:

1. Text or Topic?
2.  Why choose a text?

 

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Seven reasons for preaching from a text rather than a topic:

  1. Scriptural precedent
  2. Honors the Bible
  3. Distinguishes the sermon
  4. Tethers preacher
  5. Easily remembered
  6. Variety
  7. Sets limits

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