In this episode we...

• discuss how to articulate your sermon study in such a way that is understandable and clear to the congregation.
  • How you "adorn" your sermon matters.
  • Put your title, argument, and points to work!
  • What illustrations will you use that are pointed, but clear?
  • Clarity over cleverness!

In this episode we...

• discuss how to make the argument in context for your sermon passage.
  • Don't just teach a lesson
  • Don't tell people about the passage
  • Make the argument the author was making to his audience!
  • All of season 4 has given you the tools to come to this step.

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In this episode we...

• discuss how to make application rise from the text and resonate with your people.
  • Ask good questions that actually relate and are answered by the text.
  • Apply the text to Christians and Non-Christians alike.
  • Apply the text to the head, heart, and hands.
  • https://kirkmillerblog.com/2022/05/19/my-sermon-series-preparation-worksheet/

In this episode we...

• discuss how to properly include the gospel in our sermons.
  • Beware playing "Pint the Jesus on the Sermon"
  • The gospel is not just "Jesus died for your sins."
  • Instead, consider from the text itself what aspect of God's ETERNAL plan of redemption the author has in mind.
  • The gospel could be seen through:
    • Explicit mention (1 Corinthians 15)
    • Allusion (Genesis 28)
    • Types and shadows in the Old Testament (1 Samuel 17)
    • Prophecy (Isaiah 53)
  • Use an "anchor text" somewhere in the New Testament that amplifies how the gospel informs your sermon.

In this episode we...

• discuss why the Scripture is sufficient for life and godliness.
  • What are you putting your hope in to change your people?
  • Why is Scripture sufficient?
  • How should the sufficiency of Scripture affect our preaching?

In this episode we...

• discuss how context informs the meaning of a passage:
  • Literary
    • What comes above and below your current passage?
    • How does this affect the author's argument?
  • Historic / Cultural
    • How does the specific culture at the specific time and place inform the meaning of your text?
  • Biblical
    • Does the passage quote or allude to any other portions of Scripture?
    • How would that passage have been understood by the original author?
    • Why is the author quoting it?

In this episode we...

• discuss HOW to use the tools for preaching different text types:
• Narrative
  • Consider the story arch, and where the conflict arises and is resolved.
• Discourse
  • What is the argument the author is making? How does he defend himself?
• Poetry
  • What imagery does the author use to make his point?

In this episode we...

• discuss the different kinds of biblical texts that will make up our sermons.
  • The type of text we're dealing with will determine the tools we need for the job.
    • Narrative
      • Ex: The Gospel according to Mark
      • Consider the story arch, and where the conflict arises and is resolved.
    • Discourse
      • Ex: Paul's Epistle to the Romans
      • What is the argument the author is making? How does he defend himself?
    • Poetry
      • Ex: Psalms
      • What imagery does the author use to make his point?

In this episode we...

• discuss mapping out your sermons once you have a P.L.A.N.
  • Once you know what your church needs to hear, where do you go from there?
  • How do we practically break down our sermon texts?