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Mastering the Inductive Sermon Format
How good are jokes when the joke teller delivers the punchline at the start? That’s what a preacher does when he turns the traditional sermon development around and uses an inductive sermon format. Good jokes come with the surprise of the punchline at the end. That’s what makes a joke funny. Sermons can have a similar impact on hearers when the preacher doesn’t reveal the main idea until the…
Remembering Fred B. Craddock
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The Father of Contemporary Homiletics Remembering Fred B. Craddock
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by Pablo A. Jiménez
“What are you doing this Summer?”, asked the Rev. David A. Vargas. “Watching the grass grow,” was my answer, because my dwindling financial resources forced me to stay home. In response, Vargas invited me to serve as a translator at the General Assembly of the Christian Church…
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Although I’m urgent about what I teach, I’m not urgent about getting to the main point of the text. I’ve learned not to reveal what I know too soon. I’ve learned not to force the discovery but to let the natural drift of the text unfold. I’ve got to give people time to wonder, time to ponder, time for questions to emerge, and time for answers to take shape in the text. When I preach by raising questions that spring naturally from the text itself, I enable the listener to discover meaning for themselves!
Earl Palmer. "Letting the Listeners Make the Discoveries," in Robinson, H. W., & Larson, C. B. (2005). The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching: A Comprehensive Resource for Today's Communicators (1st ed.) (248). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House.
