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Who Are Leaders and Where Do We Find them? |
The Book of Judges |
Probably the hardest problem with my "books of the Bible" sermons and preaching them without notes is that of creating a good, compact, learnable outline. The materials, admittedly, are often long and complex. So a strong, crisp outline is crucial to success. One practices outlining by gathering together the major ingredients that one wants in the sermon, and then whittling down and organizing the material, bit by bit. My outlining discussion in Preaching Without Notes still seem to work the best. As you listen to a sermon here, though, listen particularly for the outline. It is there, though usually the preacher, even as I do, tries to disguise it somewhat. Still, you should always be able to find it, to hear it. It is a set of ideas, or scenes, or sequences, but it is there. The better you get at outlining, however complex the material, the better preacher you will become. That outline, that skeleten for the sermon, is almost always what separates a good sermon from a really good, or even a great, one. Listen closely for the underlying outline in this sermon on the entire book of Judges. |