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Hello all, I will be finishing the book I started so long ago I can't remember, but I do know where I am. The title of the book is "The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching" and it is written by, "Haddon Robinson and Craig Brian Larson". I will be commenting on chapters 124 to 201, and that will finish this study for me. Keep in mind that some of these chapters are one or two pages long, so there is not as much reading as it may sound like. This term I will be reading chapters 124 through 134, and the titles are:
Chapter 124. Evangelistic Preaching in the Local Church
Chapter 125, Felt-needs Preaching
Chapter 126. Preaching to Those Ripe for Conversion
Chapter 127. How to Preach Boldly in a "Whatever Culture.
Chapter 128. Preaching With a Leaders Heart.
Chapter 129. Critique of the New Homiletic
Chapter 130. 3-D Storytelling
Chapter 131. Preaching Pyrotechnics
Chapter 132. Preaching as Storytelling
Chapter 133. How to Tell a Moving Story.
Chapter 134. Bringing Bible Stories to Life.
Chapter 124 is written by, Haddon Robinson and the title is : Evangilistic Preaching in the Local Church. Interesting is the sub title of the chapter which is : How to preach sermons that engage non-christians. When a pastor preaches an evangelistic message the congregation should invite non believing friends to attend, the pastor should have cards handed out to everyone to sign and gain information from each person, the pastor should be simply to the point including illustrations, humor and a lot of Bible. At some point the pastor should ask that a decision be made on the facts that have been preached. If a decision is not made in the non-christians life the pastor should talk with them one on one and attempt to get the non-believer involved in literiture, or maybe a small group study, the pastor should at least give the unbeliever something to believe and pray that The Holy Spirit may work in that situation. Praise the Lord!!!!
Chapter 125 is titled: "Felt-Needs Preaching", and is actually an interview with Duane Litfin. The question is how a sermon addresses the real need of the hearer? Bro. Litfin speaks about how to approach the needs of the hearer. The introduction to a sermon can bring to light the needs, hearers come with a need, many times it is a felt-need, something they feel they need to deal with but actually it is not the real-need, the scripture always speaks to the real need and once that is dealt with the felt need is dealt with as well. Sometimes we feel like we know what we need on the surface when actually the real need is what we have swept under the rug so to speak. AMEN!!!!
Chapter 126, is also an interview, this one with James MacDonald. The title is, "Preaching to Those Ripe for Conversion". Bro. MacDonald states in the interview that he believes that God uses the circumstances of life to ripen people to the gospel. He sees two kinds of evangelism, Red Apple Evangelism and Green Apple Evangelism. The ones ready to hear the good news are the red apples, and of course the ones who are not ready to hear are the green apples. The disciples were definitely red apples, they recieved the gospel and responded immediately, while the green apple people such as the rich young ruler went away. Praise the Lord for the Good News!!!!
Chapter 127, How to Preach Boldly in a Whatever Culture, is another interview, this with Greg Laurie. Bro. Laurie says that to speak boldly doesn't mean to be loud or arrogant but rather the rightly dividing of God's word, allowing The Holy Spirit to work.
In chapter 130, Kevin A. Miller, talks about how to make a story come to life, it is titled: 3-D Storytelling. This chapter also starts another section of the book and that is titled; Storys and Illustrations. Bro. Miller uses the three-d's to illustrate his stories, and they are, "details", using details in your sermon can get your listeners involved in what you are saying. Using specific details can really make it suspenseful for the hearer, but be careful not to involve to many details itwill overload your audience. The second d is "dialogue" , this enables your listeners to eavesdrop on a conversation, so to speak, and dialogue can reveal something about a character to keep your audience interested. The third d is "denouement" this means to end your sermon by wrapping up all the details and elements of your sermon to an end, remember to keep the end as the end. So there you have the three d's of storytelling. God Bless!!!!!
Craig Brian Larson writes in chapter 133 titled: How To Tell a Moving Story. He explains the purpose for the beginning, the middle, and the end. The beginning gives your sermon a time, and place in which to start, the middles purpose is to prepare for and present a strong reversal, and the end is to bring your sermon or story to a climax and closure.
Sorry, Roger, I looked in the wrong place for comments.
Good job.
Since you are active. I will go ahead and set up a new comment area. I don't know what is going on with Thomas. For some, the weekly/daily thing does not seem to help them.
I thought he wanted to go this route, but maybe we will have to do something else that will suit him better.
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