Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages

232 Pages·1980·8.98 MB·English

by  Haddon W. Robinson

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Biblical
The Development
and Delivery of
Expository Messages
Haddon W.
Robinson
Robinson's sermonic method is remarkably Christianity
complete. . . . The exercises at chapter ends Today
should prove helpful to homiletical teachers
as well as those who would like to refresh them
selves in the basics. Biblical Preaching will be a
welcome addition to many pastors' libraries.
If there is one unique quality of this book that Leadership
surpasses all the rest, it is that Robinson knows
how to think along with God, and he knows
how to teach others to do the same. . . . He
has a way of nailing his ideas right onto your
heart. . . . Anyone with a high enough view of
Scripture to want to preach what it says in its
historical-grammatical context will find this
work far more than a recipe for Bible exposition.
It is a banquet itself.
Biblical Preaching balances the practical how- Moody
to with sound homiletical theory. Ten sermon Monthly
preparation stages surface that are content-
oriented and follow the process of sermon-
making from start to finish. . . . Robinson's
analogies and picturesque language, sprinkled
with intelligent humor, produce a painless
learning experience.
Haddon W. Robinson is Harold John Ockenga Distinguished Professor of
Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Previously, he was presi
dent and professor of homiletics and speech at Denver Seminary and taught
homiletics at Dallas Theological Seminary for nineteen years. He holds a Th.M
from Dallas Theological Seminary, an M.A. from Southern Methodist Univer
sity, and a Ph.D. in speech communication from the University of Illinois.
Of related interest:
Biblical Sermons Illustrations for Biblical Preaching
How Twelve Preachers Apply Over 1500 Sermon Illustrations Arranged
the Principles of Biblical Preaching by Topic and Indexed Exhaustively
Haddon Robinson, editor Michael Green, editor
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Biblical
Preaching

The Development
and Delivery of
Expository Messages
Preaching
HtaddoniAC Robinson
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Copyright © 1980 by Baker Books
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To the men and women
who keep a sacred appointment
on Sunday morning.
Bewildered by seductive voices,
nursing wounds life has inflicted upon them,
anxious about matters that do not matter.
Yet they come to listen for a clear word from God
that speaks to their condition.
And to those who minister to them now
and those who will do so in the future.

Contents
Preface 9
Abbreviations 14
1 The Case for Expository Preaching 15
New Concepts 30 Definitions 30
2 What's the Big Idea? 31
New Concepts 45 Definitions 45
Exercises 46
3 Tools of the Trade 51
Stage 1 Selecting the Passage 53
Stage 2 Studying the Passage 57
Stage 3 Discovering the Exegetical Idea 66
Bibliography 71 New Concepts 75
Definitions 75
4 The Road from Text to Sermon 77
Stage 4 Analyzing the Exegetical Idea 79
Stage 5 Formulating the Homiletical Idea 97
Biblical Preaching
New Concepts 100 Definitions 100
Exercises 101
5 The Power of Purpose 107
Stage 6 Determining the Sermon's Purpose 108
New Concepts 113 Definitions 113
6 The Shapes Sermons Take 115
Stage 7 Deciding How to Accomplish This Purpose 116
Stage 8 Outlining the Sermon 128
New Concepts 133 Definitions 133
7 Making Dry Bones Live 137
Stage 9 Filling in the Sermon Outline 137
New Concepts 156 Definitions 156
8 Start with a Bang and Quit All Over 159
Stage 10 Preparing the Introduction and
Conclusion 159
New Concepts 173 Definitions 173
9 The Dress of Thought 175
New Concepts 190 Definitions 190
10 How to Preach So People Will Listen 191
New Concepts 209 Definitions 209
Appendixes
1 Answers to Exercises 211
2 Mechanical Layout ofEphesians 4:11-16 215
3 Sermon-Evaluation Form 217
Selective Bibliography of Works Cited 221
Index of Persons 225
Index of Scripture 229