These were pastors I had been leading in a continuing education venture in preaching over the previous ten months, preachers who were working
with sermon preparation groups in their own congregations.
Of course, if you just want some help
with sermon preparation or for a Bible study, these sites will (eventually) provide some aid there as well.
Not exact matches
2 Whatever the nature of this destination, it will be the fruit of
preparation and lively engagement
with the Biblical text, it will be clear to the minister, and it will be the beginning point for the
sermon preparation proper.
Some ministers have sharing sessions
with lay people prior to the final
preparation and delivery of the
sermon.
In case his conclusion is not clearly in mind, he will commit all the blunders of a guide who does not know where he is going if the conclusion is well in mind, beginning
sermon preparation with the introduction will produce an introduction that has the conclusion in it, destroying all anticipation, and being in fact a brief digest of the whole message.
Preachers who understand that the Word seeks dialogue
with the body of the faithful, even in the
preparation and delivery of the
sermon, will so restructure their
sermon preparation regimen and alter their rhetorical strategies that they make room for the whole people of God in the pulpit.
Pastors today follow this dynamic when as part of their
sermon preparation they talk
with laypeople about the text, or engage them in spontaneous dialogue during the worship service.
Then in the
preparation of the
sermon he was to preach on the Sunday, he would do this
with them in mind, so that he might be able to some degree at least to make the gospel relevant to them and meaningful for them, precisely in their given situation and need.
«Communication - as - performance» offers constructs which will help students integrate their theological perspectives
with the praxis of
sermon preparation.
«So tell me pastor,» a friend of mine once inquired of a preacher after church, «what did you do
with the time you saved from
sermon preparation?»