Preaching That Changes Lives

by FABAREZ, MIKE

• ISBN13: 9780785249146
• ISBN10: 0785249141
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-15
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

Certainly there are many books about preaching on the market today, but no author directs his attention to the clear message of changing lives more than Michael Fabarez.Everything a pastor does must be done with the perspective of changing lives. When a pastor studies, it should be with the anticipation of changing lives. When he is looking for the right illustration, it must be through the lens of changing lives. When he sets forth the spiritual direction for the church, he must have the scope of changing lives in his focus.All other books dissect the essentials of pastoral ministry, but "Preaching That Changes Lives" takes it one step further!

Table of Contents

Foreward	vii
Introduction	xi
Part 1 -- Rethink Your Task
Understand the Life-changing Power of Preaching	3	(10)
Adopt a Life-changing Method of Preaching	13	(12)
Part 2 -- Prepare to Change Lives
Make Sure Your Life Is Changing	25	(12)
Study Your Passage and Your Audience with Life-change in Mind	37	(18)
Frame an Outline that Will Change Your Audience	55	(14)
Pray, Pray, Pray for a Sermon that Will Change Lives	69	(14)
Come to Grips with the Time It Takes to Prepare a Life-changing Sermon	83	(16)
Part 3 -- Preach to Change Lives
Realize They Won't Change What They Don't Hear and Understand	99	(12)
Keep the Life-changer at the Center of Your Sermon	111	(16)
Preach Change with Authority	127	(14)
Give Them More than the Bottom Line	141	(10)
Preach Periodically About Life-changing Preaching	151	(14)
Part 4 -- Follow Through to Change Lives
Cultivate a Culture of Commitments and Accountability	165	(10)
Provide Tools to Help Your Audience Make Specific Changes	175	(12)
Personally Model the Changes from Last Week's Sermon	187	(10)
Appendix 1: Prayer Guide for Preaching	197	(2)
Appendix 2: A Sample ``Message Prep'' Prayer Team Schedule	199	(1)
Appendix 3: Preaching Evaluation Form	200	(3)
Endnotes	203	(17)
Bibliography	220