Preaching & teaching
How to Prepare a Sermon: Step by Step from Text to Pulpit
The seven stages of preparing a faithful sermon: choose the text, exegete it, find the central idea, structure, illustrate, apply and revise.
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Preaching and teaching: from text to sermon
How to prepare sermons, outlines and studies faithful to the biblical text — step by step, with examples.
5 articles
Preaching & teaching
Expository, Textual and Topical Sermons: Differences and When to Use Each
What defines each sermon type, the strengths and risks of each, and how to choose the right format for the occasion and the text.
11 min read
Preaching & teaching
How to Write a Sermon Outline (With a Complete Example)
The anatomy of a good sermon outline plus a complete worked example built from Philippians 4:4-9, from text to application.
13 min read
Preaching & teaching
How to Prepare a Bible Study for a Small Group
A 60 to 90 minute structure, the kinds of questions that create real conversation, and how to lead a group without turning it into a lecture or a therapy session.
11 min read
Preaching & teaching
How to Teach the Bible to Children
What changes by age group, how to tell a Bible story without moralizing it, and why repetition is an ally rather than an enemy in teaching children.
11 min read