{"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":"<p>One of the best books I\u2019ve read in the last few years has been <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=w1B77ke4Y-MC\">Made to Stick<\/a> by Chip and Dan Heath. It\u2019s chock-full of well-researched good\u00adness. One of the most intrigu\u00ading stud\u00adies they cite is <a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;cluster=4036071900385102543\">The Fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal Tem\u00adplates of Qual\u00adi\u00adty Ads<\/a>. If you read the arti\u00adcle (or just the sum\u00adma\u00adry in <em>Made to Stick<\/em>), you learn that <strong>if you make an ad using one of a hand\u00adful of tem\u00adplates, it will be much bet\u00adter (and per\u00adceived to be more cre\u00adative) than if you put a group of peo\u00adple in a room and tell them to be as cre\u00adative as they can.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ever since I stum\u00adbled upon that study, I\u2019ve been think\u00ading about how it applies to ser\u00admons. There are lots of ways to struc\u00adture ser\u00admons, but only a few seem to work real\u00adly well.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, I\u2019ve com\u00adpiled a list of ser\u00admon tem\u00adplates. When I\u2019m preach\u00ading, I try to think through these tem\u00adplates to see if one nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly match\u00ades my sub\u00adject, and I use as that the frame\u00adwork that I build the mes\u00adsage around.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tem\u00adplate #1: Clas\u00adsic Expos\u00adi\u00adto\u00adry Preach\u00ading<\/strong><br>\n\tSim\u00adply use the outline\/plot of the text as your preach\u00ading out\u00adline. This tem\u00adplate is tran\u00adscen\u00addent when done well, and painful when done poor\u00adly. It\u2019s prob\u00ada\u00adbly the most com\u00admon tem\u00adplate out there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tem\u00adplate #2: Prac\u00adti\u00adcal<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tarabooks.com?crazy_eights\">watch crazy eights online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <em style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pie-flex.com\/album\/?kiss_of_the_vampire_aka_immortally_yours\">down\u00adload kiss of the vam\u00adpire aka immor\u00adtal\u00adly yours dvd<\/a><\/em><br>\nIn Acts 2 Peter struc\u00adtures his ser\u00admon around the answers to three ques\u00adtions.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What?<\/li>\n<li>So what?<\/li>\n<li>Now what?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"display:none\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.segd.org\/?the_pearl_of_death\">the pearl of death online down\u00adload<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tem\u00adplate #3: How To<\/strong><br>\nOne of the sim\u00adplest ways to struc\u00adture a mes\u00adsage:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Tell them why.<\/li>\n<li>Show them how.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Tem\u00adplate #4: Solve The Prob\u00adlem (Andy Stan\u00adley)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Cre\u00adate Atten\u00adtion: \u201chere\u2019s a prob\u00adlem that needs to be resolved<\/li>\n<li>Inte\u00adgrate Scrip\u00adture: \u201cfor\u00adtu\u00adnate\u00adly, we\u2019re not the first ones to wres\u00adtle with this\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Clar\u00adi\u00adfy The Sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcance: \u201chere\u2019s why this answer mat\u00adters\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Apply The Con\u00adcept: \u201cand here\u2019s how to make it work in real life\u201d <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Tem\u00adplate #5: Pro\u00adnouns (Andy Stan\u00adley)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Me (Ori\u00aden\u00adta\u00adtion): Intro\u00adduce your\u00adself to the audi\u00adence and to your per\u00adson\u00adal expe\u00adri\u00adence of the prob\u00adlem you\u2019re talk\u00ading about.<\/li>\n<li>We (Iden\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion): Show how the audi\u00adence has the same (or a suf\u00adfi\u00adcient\u00adly sim\u00adi\u00adlar) prob\u00adlem.<\/li>\n<li>God (Illu\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtion): Tell them what the Bible says about how to respond to this prob\u00adlem.<\/li>\n<li>You (Appli\u00adca\u00adtion): Call for a per\u00adson\u00adal response<\/li>\n<li>We (Inspi\u00adra\u00adtion): Explain how things would be change if we all respond\u00aded in obe\u00addi\u00adence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Tem\u00adplate #6: Life Change (Rick War\u00adren)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Estab\u00adlish a need<\/li>\n<li>Give per\u00adson\u00adal exam\u00adples<\/li>\n<li>Present a plan<\/li>\n<li>Offer hope<\/li>\n<li>Call for com\u00admit\u00adment<\/li>\n<p> <u style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awf.org\/images\/googleearth\/4\/ogden-breast-augmentation.html\">ogden breast aug\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion<\/a> <\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sembrarpaz.com?invincible\">free invin\u00adci\u00adble<\/a> <\/p>\n<ul style=\"display:none\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bsf.org.br?knowing\">watch know\u00ading online<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  <\/p><\/ol>\n<p><strong>Tem\u00adplate #7: The Sto\u00adry With a Punch (Induc\u00adtive)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Tell an engag\u00ading, care\u00adful\u00adly-cho\u00adsen sto\u00adry (usu\u00adal\u00adly fun\u00adny).<\/li>\n<li>Bring the sur\u00adprise punch\u00adline from the Bible.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Tem\u00adplate #8: The Ques\u00adtion &amp; Answer Out\u00adline (Thomas Aquinas) <\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bwht.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/topamax-bulimia.html\">bulim\u00adia topa\u00admax<\/a><\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Make a bold claim (or ask a tough ques\u00adtion and give an answer)<\/li>\n<li>Antic\u00adi\u00adpate the objec\u00adtions raised by your claim\/answer<\/li>\n<li>Answer the objec\u00adtions<\/li>\n<li>Repeat steps 2 &amp; 3 as long as nec\u00ades\u00adsary to estab\u00adlish your orig\u00adi\u00adnal claim.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I hope these serve you well. I should has\u00adten to add that these aren\u2019t based on research \u2014 they\u2019re the byprod\u00aduct of obser\u00adva\u00adtion and of what I learned at a few con\u00adfer\u00adences. In oth\u00ader words, you can take what the arti\u00adcle said about adver\u00adtise\u00adments to the bank. You should only take my advice to the lemon\u00adade stand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best books I\u2019ve read in the last few years has been Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath. It\u2019s chock-full of well-researched good\u00adness. One of the most intrigu\u00ading stud\u00adies they cite is The Fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal Tem\u00adplates of Qual\u00adi\u00adty Ads. If you read the arti\u00adcle (or just the sum\u00adma\u00adry in Made to Stick), \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2008\/09\/30\/sermon-templates\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cSer\u00admon Tem\u00adplates\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-iN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2059,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions\/2059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}