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Foreword | p. 8 |
Preface | p. 9 |
The Board Meeting | p. 11 |
The Return of Dr. Vickerson | p. 16 |
The Preacher's One Business | p. 25 |
The Importance of Starting Early | p. 34 |
Planning the week for sermon preparation | |
Planning three weeks in advance | |
Planning one year of sermons in advance | |
Redeeming the Time | p. 50 |
Conducting a detailed self-study of your use of time | |
A Day in the Life | p. 57 |
Logging your use of time throughout the day and week | |
Rifles and Shotguns | p. 65 |
The importance of a clear purpose aimed carefully at its target | |
The danger of "word association sermons" | |
The purpose statement as the sermon's destination | |
Introducing the use of aphorisms in preaching | |
Preaching with Aphorisms | p. 73 |
The definition of aphorism | |
Jesus' use of aphorisms in his preaching | |
Jonah Snoring | p. 78 |
Using "non-dictionary" sounds to enliven preaching | |
Shaping the Purpose into an Aphorism | p. 82 |
Rewriting the purpose statement into a succinct, memorable aphorism | |
Learning to listen for the use of aphorisms around you | |
Rewriting worn cliches into fresh, aphoristic statements | |
Vary the Vehicles | p. 88 |
Developing clear, easy-to-follow sermon outlines | |
Using different kinds of outlines for variety and freshness | |
Persuasion and Procedure | p. 95 |
Sermons aimed at persuasion | |
Attacking difficult and controversial topics from the pulpit | |
Procedural sermons: how to change, how to face difficulties, etc. | |
Surprise Power | p. 102 |
Tapping into the power of the surprising statements of Scripture | |
Creating Internal Dialogue | p. 109 |
Using questions to cause the audience to carry on an "internal dialogue" with the preacher | |
The use of puzzles and riddles to hold interest | |
Using the apparent contradictions of Scripture to anticipate the responses of the congregation and to challenge their thinking | |
The Nehemiah Project | p. 117 |
Overcoming the tyranny of the urgent | |
Working with the Church Board to redefine the pastor's job description and to rearrange the congregation's expectations | |
Surprising Requests | p. 127 |
Entering into Paul-Timothy relationships with other pastors | |
Reservoir Power | p. 132 |
A reservoir of Scripture, scholarship, and prayer | |
Study that goes beyond week-to-week sermon preparation | |
The importance of studying the sermons of powerful preachers | |
A Visit to Forest Hills | p. 142 |
The Three R's of Preaching | p. 147 |
The importance and right use of reminding in preaching | |
The importance and right use of repetition in preaching | |
The importance and right use of reiteration preaching | |
The Six Fold Path | p. 157 |
Reading and gathering illustrations and insights from six different categories of books at a time | |
Turning the Light on the Sermon | p. 165 |
Sermon illustrations | |
Snob Appeal or Sense Appeal | p. 172 |
Avoiding words that only boast of the preacher's vocabulary | |
Employing words that appeal to the five senses | |
Creating vivid, fresh images | |
Light from Fog | p. 179 |
The importance and place of application in preaching | |
Campfire Reflections on Preaching | p. 187 |
Using similes and metaphors | |
The place of humor in preaching | |
The use of puns | |
The Tale of the Tapes | p. 195 |
Using the second person "you" for greater urgency | |
The importance of sermon analysis | |
Writing out introductions, conclusion, key thoughts | |
Home at Last! | p. 202 |
The dangers of repeating old illustrations | |
The importance of using fresh illustrations of the Gospel's power today | |
The Late Night Phone Call | p. 213 |
A Promise Kept | p. 222 |
Aftermath | p. 229 |
The importance of the preacher's life "adorning" the Gospel | |
The importance of mutual encouragement in the ministry | |
A Seminar on Fresh Preaching | p. 240 |
The importance of keeping a checklist of principles as a reminder | |
Preaching-with-Freshness Checklist | p. 245 |
One-Page Checklist | p. 248 |
Paul's Seminar on Preaching | p. 249 |
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