
This introduction outlines how to prepare and deliver sermons or inductive Bible studies for a broad Christian audience, with instructor Jeremy Roberts sharing his theological background and course aims.
Interlace prayer throughout your preparation and delivery to be spirit filled when you preach the Bible, since no great movement of God has ever taken place without prayer.
Choose and compare at least three commentaries—academic, middle-of-the-road, and devotional—to deepen sermon prep, highlight insights, and footnote sources in your notes.
Learn to organize and manuscript your biblical study, from outline to exegesis, commentaries, and illustrations, and craft points that apply to listeners' lives and point them to Christ.
Emphasize a strong introduction and conclusion; use stories from life or scripture, with humor when appropriate, and always point to the cross of Christ at the end.
Turn your sermon into a heart-driven message by praying for the spirit to move from head to heart, meditating in advance, and speaking with genuine passion.
Carry notes and a Bible, deliver with prayer and humility, glance at notes without staring, and proclaim the word of God.
Discover essential preaching resources for bible teaching with power in the pulpit, biblical preaching by Haden Robinson, and preaching and preachers by Martin Lloyd-Jones, plus guidance for further study.
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Are you interested in learning how to preach and teach the Bible? You will learn the rudimentary process in this course.
Introduction
Prayer
How do you interlace prayer throughout the sermon and Bible study preparation process? We cover this need to pray without ceasing.
Outline
How do you develop an outline for a sermon or Bible study?
Exegesis
Explaining the text requires precision. You'll learn how to do it in this course.
Commentaries
How do you pick a commentary and how many should you use? What do you do with them?
Illustrations
You will learn about illustrations from other parts of the Bible as well as personal anecdotes.
Putting it Together to Apply to Peoples' Lives
After you have gone through all of the hard work of developing the body of the sermon, how do you put it together and make sure it is applicable to peoples' lives?
Introduction and Conclusion
The introduction and conclusion are important because people want to know whether they should spend time listening to you and the conclusion will provide their last memory of the message.
Head to Heart
It's one thing to have a fantastic sermon prepared. It's another to have it come from your heart. You will learn how to have your sermon trickle from the head to the heart.
Delivery
It's one thing to learn how to develop a sermon or Bible study. It's another to actually deliver the content.
Resources
Dr. Roberts explains key books to read to help you learn even more about preaching and teaching
Closing Words and Recap