{"id":1165,"date":"2008-09-30T12:07:43","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T20:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2009-07-15T19:45:44","modified_gmt":"2009-07-16T03:45:44","slug":"sermon-templates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2008\/09\/30\/sermon-templates","title":{"rendered":"Sermon Templates"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the best books I\u2019ve read in the last few years has been Made to Stick<\/a> by Chip and Dan Heath. It\u2019s chock-full of well-researched goodness. One of the most intriguing studies they cite is The Fundamental Templates of Quality Ads<\/a>. If you read the article (or just the summary in Made to Stick<\/em>), you learn that if you make an ad using one of a handful of templates, it will be much better (and perceived to be more creative) than if you put a group of people in a room and tell them to be as creative as they can.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ever since I stumbled upon that study, I\u2019ve been thinking about how it applies to sermons. There are lots of ways to structure sermons, but only a few seem to work really well.<\/p>\n

As a result, I\u2019ve compiled a list of sermon templates. When I\u2019m preaching, I try to think through these templates to see if one naturally matches my subject, and I use as that the framework that I build the message around.<\/p>\n

Template #1: Classic Expository Preaching<\/strong>
\n\tSimply use the outline\/plot of the text as your preaching outline. This template is transcendent when done well, and painful when done poorly. It\u2019s probably the most common template out there.<\/p>\n

Template #2: Practical<\/strong> <\/p>\n

watch crazy eights online<\/a><\/p>\n

download kiss of the vampire aka immortally yours dvd<\/a><\/em>
\nIn Acts 2 Peter structures his sermon around the answers to three questions.<\/p>\n

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  1. What?<\/li>\n
  2. So what?<\/li>\n
  3. Now what?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n