{"id":33340,"date":"2022-09-10T20:45:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T01:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/sermon-points-should-make-a-point\/"},"modified":"2022-09-10T20:45:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T01:45:04","slug":"sermon-points-should-make-a-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/sermon-points-should-make-a-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Sermon points should make a point"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent edition of his Ministry Toolbox<\/em> newsletter, Rick Warren says that too many sermon outlines, \u201cdon\u2019t say much of anything to anyone. You can avoid this pitfall by taking a few simple steps toward creating points that make a point.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst, use the biblical application as the points of your sermon. In other words, start with your application, and show how the Scripture illustrates it. Your sermon point should be a present tense application statement followed by the biblical text.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecond, put a verb in every one of your sermon points. The easiest way to help people be doers of the Word is to put a verb in the point. It turns the biblical truth into action steps.<\/p>\n

\u201cThird, put \u2018Jesus\u2019 or \u2018God\u2019 into each of your points. Frankly, I’m very concerned about pastors who try to build seeker-sensitive sermons by eliminating \u2018God\u2019 and \u2018Jesus\u2019 from the message. In fact, I think the best sermons put \u2018God\u2019 or \u2018Jesus\u2019 right into the application points. When you stand to preach, you\u2019re not just giving a moralistic pep talk. You want to change lives, and the power for changed lives comes only from God.<\/p>\n

\u201cFourth, personalize your sermon points by using personal pronouns. I rarely use the word \u2018we\u2019 in an application or an outline because it weakens the application. In other words, say, \u2018Jesus Christ came for me. Jesus Christ died for me. Jesus Christ is coming again for me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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In a recent edition of his Ministry Toolbox newsletter, Rick Warren says that too many sermon outlines, \u201cdon\u2019t say much of anything to anyone. You can avoid this pitfall by taking a few simple steps toward creating points that make a point. \u201cFirst, use the biblical application as the points of your sermon. In other … Continue reading “Sermon points should make a point”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}