Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages PDF
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Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Preface PREFACE TO THE First Edition one - THE CASE FOR Expository Preaching THE DEVALUATION OF PREACHING THE CASE FOR PREACHING THE NEED FOR EXPOSITORY PREACHING THE DEFINITION OF EXPOSITORY PREACHING two - WHAT’S THE Big Idea? THE IMPORTANCE OF A SINGLE IDEA THE DEFINITION OF AN IDEA THE FORMATION OF AN IDEA EXAMPLES OF FORMING AN IDEA three - TOOLS of the Trade THOUGHT UNITS TOPICAL EXPOSITION SERMON LENGTH THE CONTEXT LEXICONS CONCORDANCES GRAMMARS WORD-STUDY BOOKS BIBLE DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS COMMENTARIES BIBLIOGRAPHIES OTHER TOOLS THE SUBJECT THE COMPLEMENT four - THE ROAD from Text to Sermon 1. WE EXPLAIN IT: “WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?” 2. WE PROVE IT: “IS IT TRUE?” 3. WE APPLY IT: “WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?” five - THE ARROW and the Target THE POWER OF PURPOSE six - THE SHAPES Sermons Take DEDUCTIVE ARRANGEMENTS SEMI-INDUCTIVE ARRANGEMENTS INDUCTIVE ARRANGEMENTS seven - MAKING Dry Bones Live RESTATEMENT DEFINITION AND EXPLANATION FACTUAL INFORMATION QUOTATIONS NARRATION ILLUSTRATIONS eight - START WITH A BANG and Quit All Over THE INTRODUCTION THE CONCLUSION nine - THE DRESS of Thought STRONG TRANSITIONS A CLEAR STYLE A DIRECT AND PERSONAL STYLE A VIVID STYLE ten - HOW TO PREACH So People Will Listen GROOMING AND DRESS MOVEMENT AND GESTURES EYE CONTACT VOCAL DELIVERY REHEARSAL FEEDBACK A Final Word Appendix 1 - ANSWERS to Exercises Appendix 2 - SAMPLE SERMON and Evaluation Here is a sermon based on Matthew ... BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX OF PERSONS INDEX OF SCRIPTURE © 1980, 2001 by Haddon W. Robinson Published by Baker Academic a division of Baker Book House Company P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287 Printed in the United States of America All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Robinson, Haddon W. Biblical preaching : the development and delivery of expository messages / Haddon W. Robinson—2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8010-2262-2 (cloth) 1. Preaching. 2. Bible—Homiletical use. I. Title BV4211.3 .R59 2001 251—dc21 00-048606 Scripture quotations marked ASV are from the American Standard Version of the Bible. Scripture quotations marked KJV are from the King James Version of the Bible. Scripture quotations marked NASB are from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE ®. Copyright © The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission. Scripture quotations marked NIV are from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked NKJV are from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked NRSV are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. Scripture quotations marked PHILLIPS are from the New Testament in Modern English, rev. ed., copyright 1958, 1960, 1972 by J. B. Phillips. Scripture quotations marked RSV are from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1946, 1952, 1971 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. Scripture quotations not marked with a translation are the author’s own translations. For information about academic books, resources for Christian leaders, and all new releases available from Baker Book House, visit our web site: http://www.bakerbooks.com 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. PREFACE TO THE Second Edition Twenty years have passed since I first wrote Biblical Preaching. Twenty years. In terms of a person’s life, that’s a long time. In the words of Charles Dickens, they have been the best of times and the worst of times. The painful times put a new note in my preaching—a sympathy with sinners and a cherishing of God’s grace. Unfortunately I have no way to put that into this book. In the twenty years that have passed, I have been delighted and surprised by those who have purchased Biblical Preaching. I have persuaded myself that some have even read it. Students in my classes at Denver Seminary and Gordon- Conwell Theological Seminary have had to read it as an assignment. As a group they have spoken well of it. Students at other schools have also used it as a text. On occasion they have been kind enough to drop me a note of appreciation or have found me at a conference to tell me that the book gave them some guidance for their preaching. Seasoned veterans who studied preaching back in the dark ages have spoken well of it and have used it for a refresher course. I am gratified by the response. Then why a second edition? Well, I have changed. I am older now and perhaps a bit wiser. I see some matters more clearly now than I did two decades ago. I haven’t changed my basic procedure: sermons must deal with ideas or they deal with nothing. As I have reread these pages, however, I have realized I possess an uncanny ability to make clear things dim. Some sections of the book, therefore, have been largely rewritten to take another run at what I wanted to say. Feedback from students also prodded me to change some of the exercises at the conclusion of the first chapters. Some of the original material was too complicated and abstract, and it frustrated readers more than it helped them. I’ve attempted to do better. I’ve also changed my language to reflect my theology. God doesn’t distribute his gifts by gender. Both women and men have the ability and responsibility to communicate God’s Word. I have always believed that, but the language in my first book reflected a distinct male bias. To those women who have used my book in spite of that, I express my thanks for their grace. In this revision I hope I have demonstrated the fruits of my repentance. In the last twenty years, the culture has changed. Television and the computer have influenced the ways we learn and think. Narrative preaching has come into vogue and reflects the reality that listeners in a television culture think with
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