What is preaching. and how does it affect your approach to the Bible? Ben talks about tex-driven approaches to preaching.
Allen's 12 points for a text-driven sermon:
- Begin at the paragraph and move further in, analyze sentences, analyze key phrases
- Do word studies
- Translation work
- Consult commentaries
- Diagram the passage
- Develop an exegetical and a homiletical outline
- Write the sermon body (Introduction, Transitions, and Conclusion should be written in full)
- Consider sermon delivery.
