Ten-Step Sermon Process
Terry Carter, Scott Duvall, and Daniel Hays outline 10 steps in the sermon construction process.
Grasp the Meaning of the Text in Their Town (original meaning).
Measure the Width of the River ("similarities and differences between biblical context and today").
Cross the Principalizing Bridge.
Grasp the Text in Our Town ("application for the original audience"; "parallel situations" and "initial applications for today's audience").
Exegete Your Congregation
Determine How Much Background Material to Include in the Sermon for Audience Understanding.
Determine Sermon Thesis and Main Points.
Develop Text-Centered Applications for the Sermon.
Find Illustrations to Make Points More Relevant to Audience.
Write Out Complete Sermon and Practice Delivery.