Sermon Structure Buildings need structure Sermons do too

Sermon Structure Buildings need structure. Sermons do too! Dr. Rick Griffith • Singapore Bible College • Bible. Study. Downloads. org

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All creatures need a skeleton. Sermons do too!

27 -28, 251 The Preparing Expository Sermons Process Based on Ramesh Richard's text, Preparing Expository Sermons TEXT SERMON 5 Desired Listener Response Brain 4 The Three Developmental Questions 3. 2 Exegetical Idea CPT Purpose Bridge Heart 3. 1 Exegetical Outline Structure Skeleton 2 Analyze Text Study Flesh 1 Choose Text CPS 6 Homiletical Idea Structure Preach 7 Homiletical Outline 8 Clarity 9 Intro/Concl 10 MSS & Preach White text shows 10 steps adapted from Haddon Robinson, Biblical Preaching (notes, 105)

How should you structure your sermon?

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Types of Sermon Structure Introduction Body Deductive Inductive. Deductive CPS Theme I II II 47 CPS II Conclusion Advantages: III Restate CPS Interesting Variety Clear III

"To balance last week's 20 -point sermon, today's message will be pointless. ” Keep your points short in number and style! 2 -4 MPs One line MPs

Deciding Sermon Structure 138 Where is the Application? Simple Cyclical Where is the MI? (given once) (given throughout) Inductive (end) Deductive (beginning) Simple Inductive Cyclical Inductive Simple Deductive Cyclical Deductive

Simple Inductive (Acts 6: 1 -6) 49 Subject: When church growth problems arise, how should we solve them? (I. The apostles solved the growth (=EI) problem with lay leadership) Inductively developed MPI A. Their church was growing (1 a) B. They had a food problem (1 b) C. They designated leaders (2 -6) (=EI) II. The solution to the problems of a growing church is lay leaders (MI) III. The solution to our problems… (APP) Don Sunukjian, DTS

Cyclical Inductive (Acts 6: 1 -6) 49 Subject: When church growth problems arise, how should we solve them? I. This church, like ours was growing A. Their church was growing (1 a) B. We are growing… II. But growing churches have problems A. They had a food problem (1 b) B. We have these problems… III. The solution is to have lay leaders A. They solved their problem (2 -6) B. The way to solve our problems… Don Sunukjian, DTS

Simple Deductive (Acts 6: 1 -6) 50 MI: When church growth problems arise, we should solve them with lay leadership I. The solution to Jerusalem's growth problem was lay leadership (EI) A. Jerusalem's church grew (1 a) B. They had a food problem (1 b) C. They designated leaders (2 -6) II. The solution to our growth problems is to appoint lay leaders (MI) A. We are growing… B. Our problems are… C. We need to designate lay leaders Don Sunukjian, DTS

Deciding Sermon Structure 138 Where is the Application? Simple Cyclical Where is the MI? (given once) (given throughout) Inductive (end) Deductive (beginning) Simple Inductive Cyclical Inductive Simple Deductive Cyclical Deductive

What structure does each sermon have on pages 5260? Don't read through each message but just skim them to see where the Main Idea and the Application occur. Write its page 138 structure at the top and move quickly to the next sermon. n Judges 1 (pp. 52 -53) n Simple Inductive n Psalm 3 (p. 54) n Cyclical Inductive. Deductive n Psalm 16 (pp. 55 -56) n Cyclical Inductive. Deductive n Psalm 77 (pp. 57 -60) n Simple Inductive (MPI) & Cyclical Inductive (MPII)

Exegetical Idea: The reason the church should restore a sinning Christian correctly is because it extends God's authority. I. 34 c The manner in which the church should correctly restore a sinning Christian is by keeping the matter as private as possible (15 -17). II. The reason the church can restore or continue to seek to restore errant believers is because it extends God’s authority (18 -20). Matthew 18: 15 -20

Converting the EO to the HO EI: The reason the church should restore a sinning Christian correctly is because it extends God's authority. I. The manner in which the church should correctly restore a sinning Christian is by keeping the matter as private as possible (15 -17). II. The reason the church can restore or excommunicate errant believers is because it extends God’s authority (18 -20). Intro MPI: How do we restore sinning Christians properly? I. Keep the matter as private as possible (15 -17). (Why can we even seek to restore sinning members? ) II. Our church extends the authority of God Himself (18 -20)! MI: We must restore sinning members properly because we act on God's behalf

Our First Question Today (for vv. 15 -17) How do we restore sinning Christians properly?

34 d e h t b a l b t ' Don. m e l prob I. Keep the matter as The Point private as of Verses possible 15 -17 (15 -17).

MPI (Transition Statement) MPII But why can we restore sinning members?

Why do we restore sinning Christians properly? s ' d o G d n e t x e e W y t i r o auth The Point of Verses 18 -20 II. Our church extends God’s authority.

Main Idea: e s u a c e b s r e n n i s e r d o Resto G r o f t c a u o y Restore sinning members properly because you act for God

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