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How To Preach
How to Preach a Sermon by Walton Marsh
Learning how to preach and write sermons is sort of like learning to swim. You can read all the instructions and commit to memory all the techniques but you will never really learn how to preach until you practice. Because of this many preachers never really learn to develop sermons in a rapid, efficient manner. This is problematic when you are a pastor who must preach two or three sermons per week. In my ministry of thirty-five years I have developed a sermon preparation routine that you may find helpful. By using this routine your sermon preparation takes on an organized schedule that facilitates efficient development.
The first step is to determine the purpose of the sermon. Why are you preaching on this occasion? What do you want the people to do as a result of hearing your sermon. Once you have this purpose in mind you have defined the boundaries of your sermon.
The next step is to support your purpose with scripture. This is sometimes a difficult step if you are not familiar with the Bible. Every preacher should have a regular, intense, program of Bible reading and study in order to fill your mind with the scripture. This will not only bring you closer to God but will also fertilize your brain with scriptural concepts, ideas and content.
The scripture will lead you to a subject for your sermon. Remember that the subject is not the purpose and the purpose is definitely not the subject. At this point your subject should not be too well defined. Instead let it be a 'germ' of an idea.
From the purpose and the scripture and the 'subject germ' begin brainstorming your main points. Write down every idea you have on a scratch pad, even the dumb ideas. When you brain is emptied of the obvious, grab a dictionary and begin to look up some key words related to your subject. Once again jot down everything that comes to mind.
From the main points on your scratch pad select three that fit best your purpose and your subject. Cross check to be sure they are supported by your scripture. This is not easy at first, but with practice it will become more natural. Remember sermon writing is like swimming. Practice will improve your performance.
After you have these three main points, select one of them to work on. Brain storm on a scratch pad some supporting points or statements. Select two or three to use. Repeat with each point.
Be sure to constantly check your work against the purpose of your sermon. Discard everything that doesn't fit your purpose. Remember that your purpose will give power to your sermon so do not dilute your sermon with things that do not move it forward with purpose and power.
Now you are ready to write your call to action. If you had a purpose, you should now ask the listeners to do it. Call on the people to take action, to do what you had in mind as you wrote the sermon. Do not be shy.
After you write your call to action go back and read through your sermon outline. Now you want to illustrate your sermon. Seek out places in the sermon that a good story will make clearer. A good illustration can make or break a supporting statement.
It is only after these steps are complete that you will return and write your introduction. You cannot write an introduction until you have something to introduce. So the introduction is written last.
After the introduction you can invent a title if so desired.
It is not easy to learn how to preach a sermon but if you practice you can learn. If you want to quickly learn how to preach you need to take a look at the Preaching With Power Course. This course gives the details of my system of sermon writing and also goes into many other aspects of how to preach.
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The Preaching With Power course is an excellent way to learn how to preach because it gives you practice exercises in every area of preaching and sermon writing.
