Sermon Development
Sermons Form around Verbal Landmarks: Ideas and Images Created by Our Words
In this essay, I want [...]
Sermon Development
Sermon Development
Rule of Three
The Rule of Three is a way of organizing written and spoken language by grouping items into [...]
Sermon Development
Commandments for Biblical Preaching Part 2: Break All the Rules
In Part 1 of this [...]
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Commandments for Biblical Preaching Part 1: Keep These Words in Your Heart
I offer here ten commandments [...]
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Writing and Not Writing the Sermon
How do you procrastinate when you’re writing a sermon? Most [...]
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Back to the Basics
Developing Focus in Sermons During my seminary internship I was scheduled to preach on the first Sunday [...]
Sermon Development
Sunday after Sunday
Most parish pastors are weekly preachers, and there is great joy in this regular privilege of proclaiming [...]
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More than Good Theology – Part Three
Use of Voice We all know that, in speaking, change [...]
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More than Good Theology – Part Two
Listening to our People In a section titled “Thou Shalt [...]
Sermon Development
More than Good Theology – Part One
“Sermons in Lutheran churches don’t speak to my children. They’re [...]