10 Practices for Good Sermon Prep

Orginal: https://glennpackiam.substack.com/p/10-practices-for-good-sermon-prep
DT: 10 Practices for Good Sermon Prep - by Dr. Glenn Packiam

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If we are to be carriers of the word of God, we must carry not just the content but the very pathos of God.

Zusammenfassung

Fünf Phasen:

  1. Planung
    • breit lesen, hören, neugierig sein
    • Trotzdem dem Hirn immer wieder ermöglichen, ohne direkten Input Verbindungen herzustellen
    • Notizen machen, sammeln, zugänglich machen → Man muss nie bei 0 anfangen
    • Predigtreihen immer schon 12-14 Monate im Voraus planen
  2. Vorbereitung
    • Drei Monate vor Beginn der Serie passende Bücher und Kommentare lesen
    • 10 Tage vor der Predigt intensiv dazu lesen, denken, skizzieren
  3. Predigt schreiben
    • 5 Tage vor der Predigt Gliederung anfertigen (Dienstag)
    • nachund nach mit Leben füllen
    • Grundstruktur:
      1. Verbidnung und Spannung → Durch persönliche Geschichte Verbindung mit Hörenden aufbauen, klar machen das jetzt etwas hörenswertes kommt
      2. Text und Teilnahme → Exegese und Anwendung des Textes, die Bibel für Heute sprechen lassen, Menschen helfen, in den Text einzutauchen und den Text den Menschen beeinflussen lassen
      3. Evangelium und Einladung → Wo ist hier die gute Nachricht für den Hörer? "point to the originating work of the Father, the finished work of the Son, and the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit."
      4. Anderen die Predigt vorstellen und gutes Feedback geben lassen
    • Notizen bis Donnerstag fertig stellen → "Fertig is besser als perfekt"
  4. Predigt halten
    • Samstag Abend Predigtnotizen durchgehen und durchbeten → Was möchte Gott den Menschen sagen?
  5. Reflektieren
    • Predigt Zirkel bilden
      • Predigt vom letzten Sonntag durchsprechen → Wie wäre die Predigt noch besser geworden?
      • Kommende Predigt durchsprechen
        • Ehrlich sein
        • Freunbdlich sein
        • Offen sein (Niemand muss Ideen und Ratschläge annehmen)

Highlights

I’m convinced that you should always make your level of input a notch or two above the level of your desired output.

A big part of cultivating curiousity is giving your brain space to wander. Don’t fill up every drive time or workout with a podcast or audiobook. Take a walk with no headphones in. You’ll be amazed at how the you’ll start making connections between the various input you’ve taken in.

A good note-taking system makes sermon study so much easier because you can search all your notes — that’s everything you’ve read or learned, so long as you took a few notes.

Draft a plan for sermon series for the next 12–14 months.

Discern some of the themes and texts the Spirit is saying to your church. Then draft it out.

Preaching is always better when the text or the topic is really _in _you. You can’t get it _in _you by binging on commentaries the week of the sermon.

You don’t want to offer up half-baked thoughts or hot takes on sensitive topics. Give yourself plenty of lead time.

The first movement is what I call “Connection and Tension”. This is where I work to establish a connection with the congregation, often through a personal story— the more self-deprecating and humorous, the better.

The second movement of the sermon is the “Text and Participation”. This is the exegesis of the Scripture and the application of it to our lives. The goal is to let the Bible speak today.

The third and final movement of the sermon is what I call “Gospel and Invitation”.

I challenge myself to think of how I can point to the originating work of the Father, the finished work of the Son, and the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit.

Form a “sermon circle”. → We have three simple rules: Be honest (this isn’t the time or place to hold back); be kind (preachers are tender about their preaching); and be open- handed (no one has to take your input; at the end of the day, it is their sermon).

Finalize your notes by Thursday. → "Done is better than perfect.”

Pray through the sermon on Saturday evening. → This is where you shift from phase 2— sermon writing— to phase 3, sermon delivery.