Biblical Preaching : The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages

by Robinson, Haddon W.

• ISBN13: 9780801077005
• ISBN10: 0801077001
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1980-12-01
• Publisher: Baker Pub Group

Summary

Noted preacher and teacher of preachers, Haddon Robinson, drawing on his two decades of teaching, shares his insights into what goes into an effective sermon--as well as what should be left out.

Author Biography

Haddon W. Robinson is Harold John Ockenga Distinguished Professor of Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

Table of Contents

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