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Sermon
Preparation

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Answer the following as you read How to Prepare Sermons, by William Evans in the Sermon Preparation Handbook

Sermon Preparation

Chapter 1

Definitions

Homiletics

  1. Homiletics is the art and science of .
  2. The two constituent elements of preaching are a and — and .
  3. The preacher deals with in behalf of ; he deals with in behalf of .
  4. Every fiber of the preacher’s moral and spiritual nature must be controlled by the .
  5. The of the preacher has very much to do with the effectiveness of his message.
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Chapter 2

The Personality of the Preacher

  1. Every truth the preacher expresses and every message he delivers ought to be stamped with his own and should be in his own .
  2. Many a man has failed in his ministry simply because he was not to take as God him.
  3. Men who copy the ways and manners of other preachers who have been successful almost always copy their , not their .
  4. The preacher should be himself, his self, his self, his self.
  5. The only difference in many sermons is simply the difference in the of the preachers.
  6. The preacher cannot face his people with confidence if he knows that his life is not as it ought to be.
  7. A in the pulpit is worse than a anywhere else.
  8. A certain quality of life is expected from the preacher by his , and he must see to it he himself worthy of their .
  9. A preacher may grieve the Holy Spirit more by foolish and than by anything else.
  10. The preacher should be in his best condition ; let him , take care of his , look well to his .
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Choice of the Text

Definition

  1. The text is that out of which the sermon is , the of the sermon or message. The text is not to be a mere for a sermon, nor is it to be chosen the theme or subject is chosen and the sermon .
  2. Give five advantages of having a text:
    A. It awakens the of the .
    B. It gains the of the .
    C. It gives the preacher and the proclamation of his .
    D. It will keep the preacher’s from .
    E. It will keep the preacher .
  3. A preacher is a caricature and useless in the pulpit.
  4. If ever there was a time when preachers are needed, it is now.
  5. If the mind and soul of the preacher are being continually steeped in the of ; if there is a daily and with God; then it will be a comparatively matter to find a text.
  6. The people to whom a pastor ministers him to have been in communion and fellowship with God all through the week in a sense in which it has not been for them to be and that his messages on Sunday are to be to them the of what he has from such communion and fellowship with his Lord.
  7. The preacher should study his . He should ask himself what he has found out about their as the result of his among them.
  8. It is a good thing for the preacher to draw up at the beginning of the year a of the upon which he to during that year.
  9. The Episcopal and Lutheran churches divide the church year into two great parts: —what Christ has done us; —what Christ does us.
  10. What three general principles should the preacher remember when choosing a text?
    A. The spiritual of the
    B. The of preached.
    C. His own to the subject.
  11. The Bible is not merely a textbook; it is a of .
  12. Proper use of a notebook will provide constant supply of material.
  13. Good books should be read not to copy and adopt, but to and .
  14. The study of is a great inspiration to the preacher.
  15. The man who is continually living under the and of the Holy Spirit will scarcely ever be at a loss for something to preach about.
  16. It is neither wise nor right to use as texts for sermons such passages as only express the mind and sense of the writer.
  17. The Old Testament as well as the New instructs in and should therefore not be .
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Chapter 4

Interpretation of the Text

Rules For the Interpretation of a Text

  1. Usually the Bible interprets its own terms and by means of the informs the reader whether the language used is to be taken in a sense.
  2. It is better to be unyieldingly than to adopt interpretations of the Gospel that make the Word of God of .
  3. Give 4 different meanings of the word “faith” as used in various scripture verses:
    A. The Gospel of which in is the great doctrine.
    B. Truth or
    C. Proof or
    D. Conscientious of
  4. What word is defined in Hebrews 11?
  5. The student of the Scriptures must become well acquainted with the individuality of each , his , and mode of .
  6. The more one studies the Word of God, the more one recognizes a divine running through the Scriptures which is a of its inspiration.
  7. “The Scriptures, notwithstanding its dark passages, will afford a Christian more than the best .”
  8. “You will best understand the Word of God by comparing it with , ‘comparing things with .’”
  9. The preacher should seek to know the and of the people to whom the Bible was written.
  10. What are the four sources of interpretation?
    A. The
    B. The
    C. passages
    D. Resources of the
  11. If he can, the preacher should study the text in the in which it was written. Let him find out the exact meaning of each , phrase, and .
  12. Don’t sacrifice truth for or for the sake of making an .
  13. Name the two leading concordances:
    A. Analytical Concordance
    B. Exhaustive Concordance
  14. The context is what goes and what the special portion of the sacred text under consideration.
  15. If we neglect the context, we may snatch a work out of its connection and thus get a view of scriptural .
  16. “We should compare our text with passages in which the matter is the same, the equivalent, or the turn of similar.”
  17. After the student has carefully and prayerfully studied the , the , and the passages, he may read what authorities have to on the text.
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Chapter 5

Theme

  1. A wisely chosen has much to do with the sermon’s interest to its hearers.
  2. Preach on themes, at least to begin with.
  3. The preacher should remember that his hearers do not live in the same kind of he throughout the week.
  4. The people are soul-; they want and not stones.
  5. Let the preacher speak on the great , the , the stupendous of the Bible and our .
  6. The preacher should have a mark; at it; it; and where the shot struck; then another shot from the shoulder.
  7. Preaching for and is needed. There is too much preaching.
  8. An actor may a , but a preacher must not.
  9. What are the results of inconsistent, unsympathetic preaching?
    A. A of the heart
    B. A blunting of his
    C. The cultivating of a general of
  10. It’s good for a theme to be suitable to , place, and .
  11. The truth itself does not need to be changed, merely the of it to the congregation.
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Chapter 6

Gathering Sermon Material

  1. No matter what it may cost by way of self-denial and self-sacrifice one must insist on for .
  2. To be prolific in thought one must be a faithful .
  3. One good a day and one good a week ought to be the minimum diet of every man who would be a good preacher.
  4. The reading of the Bible should not be , but and .
  5. Man has been endowed by the Creator with to , to , and a to the beauty and utility of that which surrounds him.
  6. Christ’s sermons abound with illustrations taken from the things He and .
  7. What should the gatherer of sermon material ask himself at the close of each day?
  8. Many of our best thought have been lost because we have failed to them .
  9. The danger of gathering only at the time of preparing the sermon is that the preacher will and the people will only thoughts.
  10. The good preacher will be gathering material for his sermons the and will daily it away for use.
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Chapter 7

Arranging Sermon Material

  1. Very often the only difference between a sermon great in power and one lacking in power is a difference in the .
  2. Lack of and in the matter of is one of the most common faults of preaching today.
  3. is a sin many preachers need to repent of and forsake.
  4. Clear arrangement involves clearly defined and yields a clear of the subject.
  5. Good on the part of the preacher is absolutely necessary for good on the part of the audience.
  6. The sermon theme demands that the material be arranged in order to be , convincing, and by the audience.
  7. The preacher should have only one in his sermon and concentrate all his argument, , testimony, , and so on, toward the enforcing of that .
  8. It is out of place to exhort before one , or to apply before one .
  9. The argument should first be made to the before the appeal to the and through them to the . Let there be first the , then the ; the , then the ; the , then the .
  10. A sermon needs an just as a man needs a skeleton.
  11. The power of reserve, , and must be manifest in the as well as in the of a sermon. Outlines that are are easily remembered.
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Chapter 8

Introduction of
The Sermon

  1. Name the three parts of a good sermon:
    A. The
    B. The or
    C. The
  2. What’s wrong with abrupt beginnings? .
  3. To fail to secure the of an audience is to fail to secure their . If their interest is obtained at the , there is a good possibility of maintaining it to the .
  4. As a rule, people like to be kept for a while.
  5. List eight sources of an introduction:
    A. The
    B. The
    C. The setting
    D. The of the Bible
    E. The and of the Bible
    F. The circumstances peculiar to the and those
    G. The
    H. The
  6. It is not right to arouse at the which one is to . Many preachers leave the preparation of the introduction until the sermon is .
  7. It is best to begin by speaking and in a tone of , warming up to the subject , then working up to a .
  8. A introduction the people. One must not keep the people waiting too long on the , but let them into the as soon as possible.
  9. First impressions are the more ; therefore one must the well.
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Chapter 9

Body of the Sermon

  1. The body of the sermon has been called the or .
  2. Although divisions may be most common, the preacher may use as many divisions as the calls for, the will allow, and he can .
  3. The more flesh you can put on a sermon skeleton and the less the bony can be , the more and will be the sermon.
  4. The divisions of a sermon are for the purpose of and the subject.
  5. The first division of a sermon should answer the question, ?
  6. In the first division one clearly defines the of the words and terms of the .
  7. Before undertaking to explain any subject, one must be sure he it .
  8. Preachers make the mistake of not putting enough in their sermons.
  9. We often learn the truth by .
  10. An illustration is to a sermon what a is to a building—that which lets in.
  11. The second division should seek to answer the question, ?, to set forth the , reason, or of the theme or proposition.
  12. The preacher should argue from the to the unknown, using arguments.
  13. arguments are the most convincing.
  14. Nothing is without .
  15. Upon what three things does effective testimony depend?
    A. The of a witness.
    B. The of the witnesses.
    C. The character of the borne witness to.
  16. The testimony of is specially valuable.
  17. In matters of faith and Christian practice the is the court of final appeal, the ultimate .
  18. In refuting one should state the objection and .
  19. It is Christian that has saved Christian doctrine, not vice versa.
  20. The four divisions of the body of a sermon ask:
    A. is it?
    B. is it?
    C. is it?
    D. then?
  21. It may be questioned whether the sermon proper has really begun until the is reached.
  22. Many a preacher has sent his audience away convinced and longing, but of the way or way of satisfying that longing. This is .
  23. It is not enough that men the truth; they must be made to it.
  24. The preacher must study the . The will does not act independently of the , but is to by them.
  25. Particular attention ought to be paid to the that lead men to action.
  26. List seven impelling motives:
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
    E.
    F.
    G.
  27. The preacher will deal with the and phases of these impelling motives.
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Chapter 10

Conclusion of
The Sermon

Its Importance

  1. The Greek orators called conclusion of an address “the final which the .”
  2. The last minutes of the sermon is the most important part of it.
  3. “Recapitulation” should take the form of a grand resume in which is gathered up in a few striking, well-chosen, soul-moving , in a well-chosen and pointed , the grand, central and of the entire sermon.
  4. The conclusion should not be any longer than the introduction; to minutes is long enough.
  5. It may not be wise to let it be known that the preacher is his sermon to a . It is better to before his people about it.
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Chapter 11

The Expository Sermon

  1. The textual or topical sermon occupies itself chiefly with one certain or suggested by the ; whereas the expository sermon occupies itself with the of the entire chosen.
  2. List three advantages of expository preaching:
    A. It produces Biblical and
    B. It conforms to the Biblical of
    C. It is in
  3. The expository sermon must be characterized by or .
  4. Expository preaching requires far more than any other method of sermonizing. But it yields larger and so it is the extra .
  5. Remember, where the begins, the sermon begins.
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Chapter 12

Bible Readings

  1. Bible reading consists in the compilation of a greater or lesser number of Scripture and their one with another.
  2. It is a good style of preaching for the in homiletics to adopt.
  3. There is a sad lack of instruction in the average sermon.
  4. Three well-known concordances are:
    A.
    B.
    C.
  5. Why must we find out the teaching of the WHOLE Bible on the subject chosen?
    A. To obtain a and view of the subject under consideration.
    B. To avoid and hobby-riding.
  6. Only the most and Scripture passages should be chosen.
  7. Arrange the texts in their order.
  8. You may need to the subject.
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Chapter 13

Great Chapters as Texts

  1. Some of the greatest and most helpful sermons ever preached have had texts as large as an entire .
  2. Sometimes the of the entire must be considered before one can arrive at a true understanding of the chapter.
  3. As a rule the great chapters chosen as texts divide themselves .
  4. It may require many of the chapter to find the main .
  5. Surround the main theme with .
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Chapter 14

Illustrations and Their Use

Their Importance

  1. The greatest preachers have been masters in the art of .
  2. Our Lord’s discourses abound in , illustrations, and .
  3. The work of the preacher is to make men first things, then them, then upon them.
  4. Illustrations can help the audience carry the of the sermon.
  5. An illustration is to the sermon what a is to a house-it lets in.
  6. An illustration is used also to the subject.
  7. Illustrations may be used for the purpose of .
  8. An illustration may be used to arouse the and the truth.
  9. How did Christ get His illustrations?
  10. Christ drew his illustrations from the , the , salt, a , a , a long-faced , gnats, , large and small , a eye, in , a mustard , a fishing , debtors and , and so on.
  11. List nine more particular sources of illustrations:
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
    E. The , the , and the
    F. The : , ,
    G.
    H. The
    I.
  12. Illustrations should be , new, , and as the manna was- every day.
  13. Illustrations should be .
  14. Remember, the audience illustrations should spring from their , their , their , their familiar .
  15. The illustration must not exclude the one is seeking to .
  16. If two illustrations are used for one point there is danger that they may each other.
  17. To be able to tell a story well, special attention must be paid to .
  18. One cannot make to others what is not perfectly to himself.
  19. The average illustrations is often too .
  20. are fatal to the effectiveness of an illustration.
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Growing Sermons

By Theodore Cuyler

  1. A sermon on any topic should be rooted in the
  2. Human often run dry; but the never does.
  3. The more you get your text into your very , the more you will get it into your .
  4. Find the method uses for .
  5. Describe Spurgeon’s method:




  6. Plant a in your mind, water it with , let it through the week, and out into fruitful boughs of Christian .
  7. The backbone of your pulpit work ought to be .
  8. Solid ought to come before the persuasive .
  9. Experimental sermons deal with the life and spiritual of God’s people.
  10. Preach to the .
  11. sermons are always in order.
  12. When you are preaching for souls, use every of truth within your reach!
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Attention Please!”

By Charles H. Spurgeon

  1. Your chief concern should be your .
  2. When children are not in a meeting, it’s usually as much our as .
  3. It may be their duty to come; but it’s duty to them to.
  4. It’s a fraud upon your hearers to give them instead of spiritual .
  5. Put the truth before them in a , manner.
  6. It would be wise to use only a few .
  7. Your people need messages from God, which have been over and laboriously .
  8. Be at the very beginning.
  9. If it was good, and you said it , why say it ?
  10. Spend more time in the and you’ll need time in the .
  11. People won’t listen with all their to a man who doesn’t with all his .
  12. Never rely upon your as the great attraction of a sermon.
  13. Give your people real and solid .
  14. Your next sentence should not be .
  15. You should know how to .
  16. quickens attention.
  17. We must, in the most tactful way possible, firmly remove .
  18. Clothe yourself with the of the of , and !
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More Thoughts on a
Sermon’s Birth and Growth

  1. More often than not, as one does the hard work of preparation, the sermon simply , emerging in front of us as we in the biblical text.
  2. We are dealing not only with a text, but also with a living who us in the text.
  3. Having selected the text and prayed, it is good to the text out four or five times.
  4. Match the following:
    What is God saying to me, the preacher? A. Exetetical
    What was the Bible saying to the first readers? B. Devotional
    What was the Bible saying to the first readers? C. Homiletical
    What are the best ways to deliver this message? D. Hermeneutical
  5. “The ear expects .” The listener must sense a flow, an , a feeling that “this is somewhere.”
  6. The main point is the homiletical . The subpoints must be with the main point.
  7. clarifies our thinking and gives the sermon precision.
  8. If we cannot the outline without the , our hearers will definitely not be able to do so.
  9. The difference between mediocre preaching and good preaching is .
  10. Unless you have the of your sermon clearly and constantly in mind during preparation, it will sound as if you have no when you deliver the sermon.
  11. A narrowed subject is called a .
  12. One of the hardest tasks of the preacher will be to material which cannot be in sermon.
  13. The must exhibit all the important elements of the sermon without being too detailed.
  14. People remember well what is well.
  15. Effective delivery is largely dependent upon .
  16. Give the old country preacher’s testimony:
    “I myself full, myself clear, myself hot, and let myself !”
  17. The best preaching comes from the of what God has taught you through the week. Read, , study, , and then what God wants you to on to your listeners!
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