PREACHING THAT COMMUNICATES

1. PREACHING THAT COMMUNICATES Good stories capture and hold an audience’s attention from start to finish. Why should it be any different when we stand up to preach?

2. PREACHING THAT COMMUNICATES The goal is to move from good exegesis of the passage to effective sermon development to a clear and inspiring challenge to allow God to transform your life!

3. Good exegesis insures that you handle the text properly. Most of what you learn will stay with you as background material with the exception of those facts which are needed for clarity in understanding the passage and real-life application. MOVING FROM EXEGESIS TO SERMON TO LIFE application

4. The text drives the sermon, but life application is the final destination, otherwise there is no transformation! • Four Questions for the Text • How does this challenge me and my people? • What do we need to know? • With what need does this connect? • If this text is applied, what will life look like? • (A revision of Achtemeier’s Four Question for the Text) MOVING FROM EXEGESIS TO SERMON TO LIFE application

5. The most important question for the preacher is not “What do I want to say?” (the text determines that) but “WHAT DO I WANT TO HAPPEN?” Answering this question determines the direction you take from introduction to conclusion. MOVING FROM EXEGESIS TO SERMON TO LIFE application

6. You Are Now Ready for Sermon Development • Determine your goal • Pick A Point • Create a Map • Internalize the Message • Engage Your Audience • Find Your Voice • Start All Over [ Introduction_________Conclusion] MOVING FROM EXEGESIS TO SERMON TO LIFE application TEXT

7. THERE ARE THREE BASIC QUESTIONS THAT WE MUST ASK AND ANSWER IF THE SERMON IS GOING TO BE TRANSFORMATIONAL WHAT? SO WHAT? NOW WHAT? (Connecting the text to people and life) MOVING FROM EXEGESIS TO SERMON TO LIFE application

8. If the goal of the sermon is transformed lives, then think about the lives (people) to whom you are preaching. They, like you, are real flesh and blood. What are their needs? How will you help them to see that this sermon is “good news from God” that their need will be met? This is where you help connect your people to God… His Word… and their lives. This is the desired destination! MOVING FROM EXEGESIS TO SERMON TO LIFE application

9. The most accurate way to get to adestination is with a map… Andy Stanley calls the movement from Text to Life “Mapping Your Sermon.” “THREE JOURNEY QUESTIONS” What is our destination? The goal of the sermon How do we get there? The direction from God’s Word What do we do upon arrival? Life application MOVING FROM EXEGESIS TO SERMON TO LIFE application

10. Exercise: Mentally choose a committee of six people that represent your congregation: • Write down their names • Key word expressing a need in their life • Text: Philippians 4:19 (NIV) 19 And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. • What do you need to say to insure them that you understand their life situation and that God’s Word has the answer? MOVING FROM EXEGESIS TO SERMON TO LIFE application

11. “THE TEXT DRIVES THE SERMON” What is our destination? This is determined by the one main idea of the text. Do not think of the sermon as points, but as walking through the text. Do not impose ideas on the text. How do we get there?By following the text What do we do upon arrival? Life applicationWORKSHEETPut in one sentence each the One Main Ideaand the Goal for life application MOVING FROM EXEGESIS TO SERMON TO LIFE application

12. We get from start to finish through movement! ME WE GOD YOU WE MOVING FROM EXEGESIS TO SERMON TO LIFE application A RELATIONAL MODEL

13. ME CONNECTING TO THE AUDIENCE THROUGH COMMON GROUND “I HAVE THIS NEED” MOVING FROM EXEGESIS TO SERMON TO LIFE application

14. WE SHARED NEED “YOU HAVE THIS NEED TOO!” SHARED TENSION “HOW WILL THIS BE RESOLVED?” MOVING FROM EXEGESIS TO SERMON TO LIFE application

15. GOD “THE GOOD NEWS IS” GOD HAS SOMETHING TO SAY TO US ABOUT THIS! ENGAGE THE AUDIENCE WITH THE TEXT MOVING FROM EXEGESIS TO SERMON TO LIFE application

16. YOU LIFE APPLICATION HOW TO APPLY WHAT GOD SAID TO MY LIFE FIND A COMMON APPLICATION THINK OF ALL PRESENT MOVING FROM EXEGESIS TO SERMON TO LIFE application

17. WE LIFE APPLICATION HOW TO APPLY WHAT GOD SAID TO THE BODY OF CHRIST What would this look like if we… A VISION OF HOPE MOVING FROM EXEGESIS TO SERMON TO LIFE application

18. ME – WE – GOD – YOU – WE • What are we communicating? MOVING FROM EXEGESIS TO SERMON TO LIFE application

19. Exercise – Applying the movementPHIL. 4:19 (Committee of Six) • ME – Connect to your audienceWE – Shared need – How to resolve?GOD – What does His Word say?YOU – How to apply to lifeWE – What does this look life if we all do what God says? MOVING FROM EXEGESIS TO SERMON TO LIFE application

20. THE SERMON EVENT (A Personal Encounter With God) The sermon is not merely a speech it contains an answerable requirement – life change It takes time to for God to work – results not always immediately seen The event is transformational not just informational or there is no encounter with God! MOVING FROM EXEGESIS TO SERMON TO LIFE application

21. What do we Preach? The Good News! Romans 1:16-17 (NIV) 16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed… “The righteous will live by faith.” MOVING FROM EXEGESIS TO SERMON TO LIFE application

22. Why do we preach? … Because we love God and people! 1 Thessalonians 2:8 (NIV) 8 We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us. MOVING FROM EXEGESIS TO SERMON TO LIFE application