How To Prepare A Sermon The First Step: The first step in preparing a sermon involves finding out what the passage of Scripture is all about. I generally preach through books of the Bible so I tend to outline the Scriptures in order to find the thought structures of the biblical writers. How To Prepare A Sermon The First Step There are three ways to outline a passage … [Read more...]
3 Steps to Understanding and Applying the Bible
3 Steps to Understanding and Applying the Bible – a Brief Overview! There are many ways we can study the Bible but one of the most helpful ways involves three simple steps: Observation, interpretation and application. Observation asks the question: what does the passage say? Interpretation asks the question: what does the passage mean? Application asks the question: … [Read more...]
3 Steps For Better Bible Study
3 Steps For Better Bible Study: We can make many excuses for not studying the Bible like: I’m not trained, I’m not smart enough, I don’t know Greek and Hebrew, I just find it too difficult or I’m just a layperson. Once we put away the excuses, we need to start somewhere and the best place to start is with a process or method that best suits your situation. It doesn’t … [Read more...]