How To Prepare A Sermon | Preparing Sermons

How To Prepare A Sermon | Watch This Episode on YouTube {"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/how-to-prepare-a-sermon\/#arve-youtube-do_erxvs3um656f3ccd5d73b543457163","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/do_eRXvS3uM?iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0","name":"How To Prepare A Sermon","thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/STP-S20-EP04-How-To-Prepare-A-Sermon.jpg","uploadDate":"2022-06-09","description":"How To Prepare A Sermon This topic is addressed by Dr. Richard Caldwell on the Straight Truth Podcast"} Subscribe To Our YouTube Channel Support Our Podcast Join Our Mailing List Related Messages To learn more from Dr. Caldwell through sermons he has delivered to the congregation he shepherds and serves at Founders Baptist Church, consider listening from the links provided below: Spirit-Empowered Preaching Decision Prayer & Preaching Loving Leadership The Practice of Worship Worship's Public Response - Part 1 & 2 Be Careful How You Listen Light Dispersed Selecting & Training Men for Ministry The Eyes of Faith How To Prepare A Sermon | Watch this episode on Vimeo {"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/how-to-prepare-a-sermon\/#arve-vimeo-716560866656f3ccd5e4ac749956109","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/716560866?h=ae5378a373&dnt=1&app_id=122963&html5=1&title=1&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=0","name":"How To Prepare A Sermon","thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/STP-S20-EP04-How-To-Prepare-A-Sermon.jpg","uploadDate":"2022-06-09","description":"How To Prepare A Sermon"} Follow Us On Vimeo Listen to the Audio Podcast Subscribe on iPhone Subscribe on Android Subscribe on Spotify How To Prepare A Sermon This week on the Straight Truth Podcast, Dr. Josh Philpot continues a discussion with Dr. Richard Caldwell they've had on the last few episodes about pastors, preaching, and teaching. This week Dr. Philpot is interested in how Dr. Caldwell goes about constructing a sermon. He is interested in knowing about the process that Dr. Caldwell undertakes. He asks him to share the process he goes through, where he begins, and how it takes shape. Dr. Caldwell shares that translating the text, a lexical study, and diagraming a passage are all part of preparing sermons. He undertakes a seven-step process where each step begins with the letter S. He shares one at a time and unpacks them as he moves along for clarity purposes. Seek it – First, you seek the truth. This step is the exegetical process; it’s reading the text taking note of the elements of the text, and paying attention to the definition of words and their syntactical relationship. See it – Second is to see it; by way of the first step. This step involves getting to the point of the meaning of the text. Arriving at this involves understanding the multiple elements in the text and getting clarity in his own mind where he can see the truth that is in the text. Savor it – Third, you savor it by meditating on the text and then begin to ask questions: What is the purpose for this? What is the end for this? What difference does this make in his understanding of God, people, and the world? He is asking these questions first for his own heart and life, needing to preach the text to himself before he can preach it to anyone else. He believes that preaching is an act of worship and that glorifying God has to begin in his own personal study before it can take place in the pulpit. So, he must submit his own mind and heart to it by examining his life, confessing sin, and dealing with things that the Lord exposes and chal...