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Seven questions when preparing a sermon

From Jonathan McIntosh at Rethink Mission. Read Part One here and Part Two here

  1. What is this sermon about?
  2. What do I want people to leave with?
  3. What issue, tension, or core problem does this sermon address?
  4. Why should people stay awake for the next 40 minutes?
    • if my people don’t believe this truth, or embrace this, or follow through with this – what will happen?
    • Why will this truth change them? What will most likely result if they fail to get this?
    • Answer that question and then tell them. Tell them why it is so important that they are there on this day for this specific sermon. And then here’s the key – tell them in the first several minutes of the sermon.
  5. What do I want people to know or believe?
  6. What do I want people to feel or experience?
  7. What do I want people to do or act on?

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