How to Build a Sermon Outline / Kako Napraviti Nacrt Propovedi

[00:00:00] Because the goal of expository preaching is not to just share a bunch of random thoughts and a couple Bible verses.

[00:00:07] The goal is to present, to reveal the text, the main point of the text in a way that is cohesive and helps people to understand it and respond appropriately.

[00:00:29] Hey, welcome to the Expositors Collective Podcast, episode 353. I'm your host, Mike Neglia.

[00:00:35] And the two voices that you heard are Nick Cady speaking in English and Daniel Zaharyanski translating him into Serbian.

[00:00:45] And the reason why is that this is the audio from one of our training events that took place in Novosad, Serbia.

[00:00:54] Maybe you remember a few episodes back, Daniel Zaharyanski was interviewed and we spoke about the state of the small but growing evangelical church in the nation of Serbia.

[00:01:06] And we want to invest and encourage those Serbian Christians.

[00:01:12] And to that end, Daniel invited us back in January to come and put on a one-day preaching training course.

[00:01:19] And this is one of the recordings from that time.

[00:01:22] So Nick is speaking in English and he's talking about the importance of outlines and creating a sermon outline and having a plan and a destination for our sermons.

[00:01:35] And Danny translated it into Serbian.

[00:01:39] And the reason why we're releasing this is, number one, there's actually 12 million Serbian speakers worldwide.

[00:01:46] And so this episode offers a unique opportunity to connect across languages and cultures.

[00:01:52] If you know any Serbian speakers, well then send this to them.

[00:01:57] But then also, just what a reminder of the worldwide church of God.

[00:02:01] And as film director Bon Joon-Ho said, once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you'll be introduced to so many more amazing films.

[00:02:14] And then for you, as you're listening to this, you're going to be hearing it, probably what I assume in your native English.

[00:02:20] But then you'll also be learning a bit of Serbian as you listen along.

[00:02:25] So Nick has some great content here.

[00:02:27] He talks about the importance of having a well-organized sermon outline.

[00:02:31] It's going to keep our messages clear and focused and impactful.

[00:02:35] Oftentimes, if we don't have a structure or a well-organized outline, we can risk falling into just kind of the read and ramble method of Bible teaching.

[00:02:45] You just read something, talk about it, read the next thing, talk about it.

[00:02:49] And we want to have a purpose and a point to our preaching.

[00:02:52] So listen in and discover how a structured outline can help you proclaim God's truth with clarity and conviction.

[00:03:06] All right, everyone.

[00:03:07] I hope you had a great lunch.

[00:03:09] We were using the hand.

[00:03:10] Yeah, pizza was great.

[00:03:12] Thanks for all the hospitality here.

[00:03:15] Thank you for the guest here.

[00:03:18] All right.

[00:03:19] Now we're going to move on to talking about creating an outline for your sermon.

[00:03:25] A sada želim da pričamo o stvaranju konture ili tiskice ili beleški za tvoj propoed.

[00:03:33] So when I took up the task of writing a talk about outlining, guess what I did.

[00:03:40] What do you think I did when I realized that the part that I was singing is related to making a contour or skice?

[00:03:47] I wrote an outline.

[00:03:48] I made a contour.

[00:03:50] An outline about outlines.

[00:03:52] And a contour in relation to contour.

[00:03:54] Mind-blowing, huh?

[00:03:57] All right.

[00:03:57] That's how much I love outlines.

[00:03:59] I wrote an outline about outlining.

[00:04:01] I love how much I love this contour.

[00:04:02] Making a contour.

[00:04:03] Okay, here's my outline about outlining.

[00:04:06] This is my contour in relation to contour.

[00:04:07] Okay, number one.

[00:04:08] Why you need an outline?

[00:04:10] Zašto trebamo konturu pod jedan?

[00:04:12] How to build an outline.

[00:04:14] Pod dva kako napraviti konturu?

[00:04:16] My process.

[00:04:17] Moj proces.

[00:04:18] And an example.

[00:04:20] Pod četiri primer.

[00:04:21] Okay, so first of all, let's talk about why you need an outline.

[00:04:25] Okay, prevo pitanje je zašto trebamo konturu?

[00:04:27] I have a bad habit that I picked up from my father.

[00:04:30] Jam jednu manu koju sam pokupio od svog oca.

[00:04:33] When I was a kid, sometimes my family, we would all get into the family car.

[00:04:43] And then my dad would start driving.

[00:04:46] The only thing is that sometimes he started driving without knowing where we were going.

[00:04:52] A ponekad problem to što je moj otac krenuo negde, ali nismo znali gde je krenuo.

[00:04:59] So I played baseball growing up and for like half the year, we would travel all over Colorado where I grew up and we'd go to tournaments.

[00:05:07] A pošto sam se bavio baseballom kao dete, putovali smo svugde po Colorado na takmičenji i tako to.

[00:05:14] And sometimes it would be like time to leave in a big rush.

[00:05:17] You gotta put all the stuff in the car and then get the family into the car.

[00:05:21] I ponekad bi bili u gužbi onako jade što preda sve stajemo u auto i idemo sa porodicom.

[00:05:25] So we pull out of the driveway onto the street, start driving.

[00:05:30] And then after some time, my mom would ask my dad, you know where we're going, right?

[00:05:42] And he'd be like, no.

[00:05:45] And it wasn't always a problem.

[00:05:47] It wasn't a problem until we got out of our neighborhood.

[00:05:55] But once we got onto a main road or a big intersection, we had to choose a direction.

[00:06:05] And sometimes that would be a problem.

[00:06:06] He would go west when we needed to go south, for example.

[00:06:13] And I guess his theory was that it's easier to change direction once you're already moving.

[00:06:21] Meniti direkciju kad si već krenuo negde.

[00:06:24] And sometimes he'd get lucky.

[00:06:25] I ponekad se posreći to.

[00:06:27] The direction he started driving in, it turned out to be the direction we needed to go.

[00:06:32] I ponekad bi stvarno pogodio tamo gde je krenuo, tamo gde bi trebali da idemo.

[00:06:37] But most of the time, this habit of just going without knowing where you were trying to get to.

[00:06:42] Ali ponekad ova njegova navika da ide negde, a ne zna gde.

[00:06:46] It just resulted in a lot of wasted time and a lot of wasted gas.

[00:06:52] Bi prouzrokovalo to da bi protračili vreme, protračili benzin.

[00:06:57] And it led to a lot of frustration on the part of us who were along for the ride.

[00:07:02] I mi koji smo bili sa njim u autu bi bili veoma frustrirani.

[00:07:05] How does this relate to sermons?

[00:07:07] Kako je ovo povezano sa pripremom za propoved?

[00:07:10] When I first started preaching, I approached preparing sermons in the same way my dad approached driving to baseball games.

[00:07:27] I just started going without having any destination in mind.

[00:07:35] I would take my text and then I would just like start writing thoughts down, like thoughts that I had or things that I heard other people say about that text.

[00:07:45] A uzeo bi tekst, počeo bi da pišem neke svoje misli, misli drugih ljudi koje sam čuo da su rekli uvezi tog teksta.

[00:07:51] And the result was a message full of random disconnected thoughts.

[00:07:57] I nešto što bi bilo zajedničko za sve to je da moja propoved bi bila puna nepovezanih misli.

[00:08:05] Right, like stuff that was true, but it wasn't connected to each other at all.

[00:08:11] Stvari koje sam govorio je bila istina, ali nisu bile povezani jedna sa drugom.

[00:08:16] You could call this message of preaching read and ramble.

[00:08:21] Takav način propovedanja možeš nazvati čitanje i mrmeljanje.

[00:08:27] Right, like I would read a text, I'd read a verse or two.

[00:08:31] Propovedao bih, pročito bih stih ili dva.

[00:08:34] And then I'd drop some truth on people.

[00:08:36] I onda bi bacio istinu na ljude.

[00:08:38] At least that's what I thought I was doing.

[00:08:39] Ili sam, bar ja mislio da to radi.

[00:08:41] Hey, here's a verse and here's a truth bomb.

[00:08:43] Boom!

[00:08:44] A evo stih, evo vam ovo je bomba od istine.

[00:08:46] And I thought that, then I'd read another verse.

[00:08:50] I'd say something else.

[00:08:53] But the things I said weren't necessarily connected to each other at all.

[00:09:00] They're just kind of like random thoughts that I had about stuff.

[00:09:06] And whereas I thought I was teaching the passage,

[00:09:12] The truth was I really just used those verses as like springboards

[00:09:16] to talk about all kinds of random things that I thought.

[00:09:30] Now sometimes, like my dad, I got lucky.

[00:09:36] I ended up going in the right direction, even though I, you know, kind of stumbled into it.

[00:09:46] But most of the time, because I didn't start with the destination in mind.

[00:09:54] And I had no plan to get to the destination.

[00:09:59] I did the same thing to people with my preaching that my dad did with his driving.

[00:10:09] I wasted a lot of time.

[00:10:13] I wasted a lot of energy.

[00:10:16] And I frustrated the people who were along for the ride.

[00:10:22] That's why you need an outline.

[00:10:25] Because the goal of expository preaching is not to just share a bunch of random thoughts

[00:10:32] and a couple Bible verses.

[00:10:42] The goal is to present, to reveal the text, the main point of the text

[00:10:48] in a way that is cohesive and helps people to understand it and respond appropriately.

[00:10:53] The goal is to your message and to your message be connected, to it is a meaning and to truly express the Holy Spirit to people.

[00:11:03] You want to help people to see what the text says.

[00:11:07] You want to help people to see what the text says.

[00:11:12] And to understand why it's so incredibly important to them personally.

[00:11:21] How it applies to their lives and how they should respond appropriately.

[00:11:30] In other words, in a sermon we're taking our listeners on a journey.

[00:11:40] From where they are to where God wants to take them.

[00:11:43] From where they are to where God wants to be.

[00:11:48] And so, each step in our message should progressively lead them towards that destination.

[00:11:55] So, every step in our prophecy should lead them towards that destination.

[00:12:01] So, to do that, we need a map and we need a process.

[00:12:07] And that's where your outline comes in.

[00:12:09] And that's where the text goes.

[00:12:12] And that's where the text goes.

[00:12:12] You start by learning and realizing what is the destination that the text wants to bring them to.

[00:12:18] First, to understand which destination is which text wants to bring them to.

[00:12:25] Then you map out the steps and progressively move them one step at a time through the text towards that destination.

[00:12:40] Okay.

[00:12:45] You need to write the destination how to make an outline.

[00:12:48] Okay.

[00:12:48] Perfect.

[00:12:49] How to build an outline.

[00:12:51] How to build an outline, joo.

[00:12:56] is to identify the big idea of the text.

[00:13:02] In any text, there will always be a big idea,

[00:13:06] meaning a particular doctrine,

[00:13:07] or an argument that's being made in the text

[00:13:10] that the passage is presenting.

[00:13:12] U svakom tekstu postoji doktrina,

[00:13:14] ili postoji učenje, ili argument

[00:13:16] i te ideje koji tekst želi da prezentuje.

[00:13:20] After you've identified the big idea of the text,

[00:13:23] then you're going to want to begin to build a case,

[00:13:29] like a lawyer, right?

[00:13:31] Developing this big idea.

[00:13:33] To do this, you're going to want to identify

[00:13:41] some main points

[00:13:47] from the text itself,

[00:13:49] or maybe from related passages in the Bible.

[00:13:57] But your goal is to take that big idea

[00:14:00] and then bring it to bear,

[00:14:02] like help people understand why it's so important.

[00:14:05] And you want to compel them

[00:14:07] in a way that moves them from where they are

[00:14:09] to where God wants them to be.

[00:14:26] And the most effective way to do this

[00:14:32] is by building a progression with your points.

[00:14:39] Like a trail of breadcrumbs

[00:14:42] to lead someone to your cabin.

[00:14:43] Right?

[00:14:44] Like a breadcrumbs

[00:14:45] that leads you to some

[00:14:47] of the columns.

[00:14:48] Right?

[00:14:48] In other words,

[00:14:49] point one leads to point two,

[00:14:51] leads to point three,

[00:14:52] and you're leading them with these breadcrumbs

[00:14:54] to the place you want to take them.

[00:15:01] And the, yeah, so it will lead to the big idea.

[00:15:08] So, ideally, you want to build this progression of thought.

[00:15:11] In other words,

[00:15:11] you don't want your points to just be

[00:15:13] independent thoughts,

[00:15:14] but you want them to work together.

[00:15:23] Each point, right, is advancing your argument.

[00:15:31] So, we're taking people on a journey,

[00:15:33] starting with where they're at right now.

[00:15:39] And leading them step by step,

[00:15:41] progressively,

[00:15:42] through the text,

[00:15:43] to the main point of the text.

[00:15:49] Okay.

[00:15:50] Here's my process.

[00:15:52] Moj proces.

[00:15:52] Listen, there's not just one good way to do this.

[00:15:55] That's what you need to know.

[00:15:59] I'll just tell you how I do it.

[00:16:01] I think Mike probably does it different,

[00:16:02] and probably you're going to do it different.

[00:16:03] But here's what I do.

[00:16:10] One of the benefits I've found with outlining

[00:16:12] is that not only does it give you a map,

[00:16:15] but it gives you a process.

[00:16:18] One thing that is very useful

[00:16:19] in terms of doing the process,

[00:16:22] is that it's not only that it gives you a map,

[00:16:24] but it gives you a process.

[00:16:26] And having a process

[00:16:27] helps me write good sermons

[00:16:30] in less time.

[00:16:40] And I know if I use this process,

[00:16:43] I will consistently preach good sermons.

[00:16:50] And that's the goal,

[00:16:51] to preach good sermons.

[00:16:53] Not to preach,

[00:16:53] I didn't say preach great sermons,

[00:16:54] I said preach good sermons.

[00:16:56] And that's the point,

[00:16:57] that they preach good sermons.

[00:16:58] I don't say no true or false,

[00:17:00] but good sermons.

[00:17:01] A brother made the point earlier,

[00:17:03] and I want to just echo that same point.

[00:17:12] Your job is to preach a good sermon,

[00:17:13] and only God, by His Spirit,

[00:17:16] can take that good sermon

[00:17:16] and make it a great sermon

[00:17:18] in the hearts of people,

[00:17:19] in people's minds and hearts.

[00:17:28] If you're always trying to preach great sermons,

[00:17:31] sometimes you can be trying to do something yourself

[00:17:34] that really only God can do.

[00:17:45] The definition of a good sermon

[00:17:49] means all the essential elements

[00:17:50] are there, in place.

[00:17:55] You're rightly dividing the scriptures.

[00:17:58] You're applying it.

[00:17:59] You're presenting it well.

[00:18:01] You're showing how it points to Jesus

[00:18:03] as the great hero.

[00:18:14] It's the role of the Holy Spirit

[00:18:16] to take that good sermon

[00:18:17] and make it great

[00:18:19] in the hearts and minds of the hearers.

[00:18:28] And that's why

[00:18:29] the same sermon

[00:18:31] will have a different effect

[00:18:32] on different people

[00:18:33] in the same room.

[00:18:40] One person,

[00:18:42] they're going to be falling asleep

[00:18:43] while you talk.

[00:18:47] But this other person is going to,

[00:18:49] their life is being changed

[00:18:50] as you speak.

[00:18:52] A osoba pored nje,

[00:18:54] njen život

[00:18:55] počinje da se menja.

[00:18:56] So having an outlining process

[00:18:58] helps you to write

[00:19:00] consistently good sermons.

[00:19:08] And to do it faster.

[00:19:10] And to do it faster.

[00:19:11] As our other brother said,

[00:19:13] like so that you can do other things

[00:19:14] as a minister

[00:19:16] or as a Christian.

[00:19:20] I have watched friends of mine

[00:19:23] kill their church

[00:19:24] by spending 40 hours a week

[00:19:27] preparing sermons.

[00:19:37] So what I've done,

[00:19:38] I created a template

[00:19:39] that I use every week

[00:19:41] and I pull up this document.

[00:19:42] It's a blank template

[00:19:43] and it has a few parts.

[00:19:54] So step one is the big idea.

[00:19:59] I write down the big idea

[00:20:01] of the passage in one sentence.

[00:20:08] If you can't summarize

[00:20:10] the message of your sermon

[00:20:11] in one sentence,

[00:20:18] then you don't yet know

[00:20:19] what you're talking about.

[00:20:20] And if you don't know

[00:20:22] what you're talking about,

[00:20:24] how do you expect anybody else

[00:20:25] to know what you're talking about?

[00:20:30] So I put my message,

[00:20:31] I boil it down to one sentence.

[00:20:33] If no one else remembers

[00:20:34] anything I say,

[00:20:35] you remember one sentence.

[00:20:37] So if someone

[00:20:41] doesn't realize

[00:20:42] anything about my sermon,

[00:20:45] I'll repeat that sentence

[00:20:46] several times

[00:20:47] throughout the sermon.

[00:20:51] Because the mark

[00:20:52] of a good teacher

[00:20:53] is repetition.

[00:20:57] Let me say that

[00:20:57] one more time.

[00:21:00] The mark of a good teacher

[00:21:01] is repetition.

[00:21:06] All right, all right, all right.

[00:21:07] So next,

[00:21:08] after identifying

[00:21:09] the main point,

[00:21:10] then I move on,

[00:21:11] or sorry, yeah,

[00:21:11] the big idea,

[00:21:12] and then I move on

[00:21:13] to identifying

[00:21:15] the main points,

[00:21:16] which are my

[00:21:17] progressive argument.

[00:21:24] Again, from the text,

[00:21:26] I'm not going out of the text.

[00:21:27] Maybe, maybe some

[00:21:28] related verses,

[00:21:30] but I'm showing people,

[00:21:31] I'm creating the idea

[00:21:32] that the text is saying,

[00:21:33] and like a lawyer

[00:21:35] building a case.

[00:21:43] And these two parts,

[00:21:45] right, so the big idea

[00:21:46] and the main points,

[00:21:48] that is actually

[00:21:49] where I spend

[00:21:49] the majority of my time

[00:21:51] in sermon preparation.

[00:21:52] The majority of my time

[00:21:53] I'm doing

[00:21:54] the two first steps.

[00:21:57] The main point

[00:21:57] is the main point.

[00:21:59] Okay, step three.

[00:22:00] I work on my introduction.

[00:22:02] The third step

[00:22:02] I'm doing

[00:22:03] on my introduction.

[00:22:05] Remember what Mike said?

[00:22:06] Like grabbing somebody

[00:22:08] by the throat?

[00:22:10] You remember

[00:22:10] what Mike said?

[00:22:11] what Mike said?

[00:22:11] to grab someone

[00:22:13] by the throat?

[00:22:14] Our brother said

[00:22:15] start your message

[00:22:15] with something

[00:22:16] you're comfortable with,

[00:22:17] right?

[00:22:17] And another

[00:22:18] said to

[00:22:19] start your message

[00:22:20] with something

[00:22:22] with my introduction

[00:22:23] I want to grab

[00:22:25] people by the throat.

[00:22:26] I want to say

[00:22:26] here's why

[00:22:27] this matters.

[00:22:29] A ja sa svojim uvodom

[00:22:30] želim da

[00:22:32] zgrabem ljude za vrat

[00:22:33] i da im da im kažem

[00:22:34] zbog ovoga i ovoga

[00:22:36] je ovo jako važno

[00:22:37] da znaš.

[00:22:37] Here's why

[00:22:38] what this text

[00:22:39] is going to tell you

[00:22:39] is something

[00:22:40] that you desperately

[00:22:41] need to know.

[00:22:42] Zbog ovoga i ovoga

[00:22:44] je ono što

[00:22:45] danas

[00:22:46] danas

[00:22:46] danas

[00:22:46] danas

[00:22:46] danas

[00:22:47] treba da kaže

[00:22:48] je razlog

[00:22:49] zašto ti to

[00:22:49] trebaš

[00:22:50] da znaš.

[00:22:50] So you could

[00:22:51] think about

[00:22:51] like what

[00:22:52] is the

[00:22:52] question

[00:22:52] that this

[00:22:53] text

[00:22:53] is answering.

[00:22:55] Tako da

[00:22:55] ono što

[00:22:56] ćeš da

[00:22:57] razmišljaš

[00:22:57] je

[00:22:58] na koje

[00:22:59] pitanje

[00:22:59] ovaj

[00:23:00] odlomak

[00:23:00] odgovara.

[00:23:01] Okay,

[00:23:01] for example

[00:23:02] if the

[00:23:02] text deals

[00:23:03] with

[00:23:03] forgiveness

[00:23:03] why

[00:23:04] is

[00:23:05] forgiveness

[00:23:05] necessary?

[00:23:11] Za

[00:23:14] why

[00:23:14] is

[00:23:15] forgiveness

[00:23:15] hard?

[00:23:17] What

[00:23:18] is

[00:23:18] at

[00:23:18] stake

[00:23:18] if

[00:23:19] we

[00:23:19] don't

[00:23:19] forgive?

[00:23:23] And so

[00:23:23] you can

[00:23:24] begin

[00:23:24] by

[00:23:24] building

[00:23:25] a

[00:23:25] tension

[00:23:26] that people

[00:23:31] can feel

[00:23:33] to where

[00:23:34] they're

[00:23:34] begging you

[00:23:35] tell me

[00:23:36] what the

[00:23:36] text says

[00:23:37] that solves

[00:23:37] this

[00:23:38] problem.

[00:23:38] Da će

[00:23:39] vas

[00:23:39] bukvalno

[00:23:40] moliti

[00:23:40] i kazati

[00:23:41] molim

[00:23:41] te

[00:23:41] mi

[00:23:41] reci

[00:23:41] šta

[00:23:42] tekst

[00:23:42] koji

[00:23:43] odgovor

[00:23:43] daje

[00:23:44] tekst

[00:23:44] na tu

[00:23:44] temu.

[00:23:48] Četvrti

[00:23:49] korak

[00:23:49] je

[00:23:49] zaključak.

[00:23:57] Nakon što

[00:23:58] ja prvo

[00:23:59] razvišam

[00:23:59] o glavnoj

[00:24:00] temi

[00:24:00] kada

[00:24:01] shvatim

[00:24:02] koje su

[00:24:02] glavne

[00:24:02] pojente

[00:24:03] onda

[00:24:04] dolazim

[00:24:05] do

[00:24:05] polaku

[00:24:05] destinacije.

[00:24:13] želim

[00:24:14] želim

[00:24:14] da razvišam

[00:24:14] o tome

[00:24:14] kako ću

[00:24:15] zaključiti

[00:24:15] kako ću

[00:24:16] da sletim

[00:24:17] taj avion.

[00:24:18] How many

[00:24:18] of you

[00:24:18] have been

[00:24:19] on an

[00:24:19] airplane

[00:24:20] right?

[00:24:22] So you're

[00:24:23] on this

[00:24:23] journey

[00:24:23] but at

[00:24:24] some

[00:24:24] point

[00:24:24] the

[00:24:24] journey

[00:24:24] has

[00:24:25] to

[00:24:25] end.

[00:24:28] Now

[00:24:29] if you've

[00:24:29] ever been

[00:24:30] on an

[00:24:30] airplane

[00:24:30] that

[00:24:30] like

[00:24:31] circled

[00:24:32] the

[00:24:32] runway

[00:24:32] for

[00:24:32] like

[00:24:33] a

[00:24:33] really

[00:24:34] long

[00:24:34] time

[00:24:34] that's

[00:24:34] frustrating

[00:24:35] right?

[00:24:43] Sometimes

[00:24:43] the sermon

[00:24:44] can feel

[00:24:44] that way

[00:24:44] like

[00:24:44] when

[00:24:45] is

[00:24:45] going to

[00:24:47] just

[00:24:47] end

[00:24:47] this

[00:24:48] thing

[00:24:48] for

[00:24:48] the

[00:24:48] love

[00:24:48] of

[00:24:49] God

[00:24:55] or

[00:24:56] have you

[00:24:56] been

[00:24:56] on a

[00:24:57] plane

[00:24:57] where

[00:24:57] it's

[00:24:57] like

[00:24:57] it

[00:24:57] landed

[00:24:58] abruptly

[00:24:58] and

[00:24:59] you

[00:24:59] were

[00:24:59] shocked

[00:24:59] and

[00:24:59] kind

[00:25:00] of

[00:25:00] scared

[00:25:05] Some

[00:25:07] sermons

[00:25:08] are

[00:25:08] like

[00:25:08] that

[00:25:09] done

[00:25:09] huh?

[00:25:11] Okay.

[00:25:14] Everything

[00:25:15] in your

[00:25:15] message is

[00:25:16] building up

[00:25:16] to the

[00:25:16] conclusion

[00:25:17] so don't

[00:25:18] rush it

[00:25:18] but also

[00:25:19] just

[00:25:20] end it

[00:25:21] at some

[00:25:21] point

[00:25:21] right?

[00:25:26] So think

[00:25:28] about how

[00:25:29] you're

[00:25:29] going to

[00:25:29] end it

[00:25:31] and then

[00:25:32] step

[00:25:32] five

[00:25:33] I fill in

[00:25:34] my

[00:25:34] outline

[00:25:38] that's

[00:25:38] where

[00:25:39] I'm

[00:25:39] writing

[00:25:39] the

[00:25:48] so

[00:25:52] you're

[00:25:53] going to

[00:25:54] want to

[00:25:55] use

[00:25:55] some

[00:25:55] illustrations

[00:25:57] they're

[00:25:58] necessary

[00:25:58] but

[00:25:59] they're

[00:25:59] helpful

[00:25:59] a good

[00:26:03] structure

[00:26:03] for

[00:26:04] using

[00:26:05] illustrations

[00:26:09] make

[00:26:10] make your

[00:26:10] point

[00:26:11] then

[00:26:11] illustrate

[00:26:12] your

[00:26:12] point

[00:26:13] then

[00:26:14] state

[00:26:14] your

[00:26:15] point

[00:26:15] again

[00:26:15] then

[00:26:15] illustrate

[00:26:16] it

[00:26:16] again

[00:26:26] if you can't

[00:26:27] think of

[00:26:27] an illustration

[00:26:32] sometimes

[00:26:32] I'll write

[00:26:33] into my notes

[00:26:33] I need

[00:26:34] an illustration

[00:26:35] here

[00:26:35] then I'll

[00:26:40] talk to

[00:26:40] other people

[00:26:42] like

[00:26:43] hey

[00:26:43] man

[00:26:43] I gotta

[00:26:44] illustrate

[00:26:44] this

[00:26:44] point

[00:26:44] you got

[00:26:45] any

[00:26:45] ideas

[00:26:50] obviously

[00:26:52] during the week

[00:26:52] not during

[00:26:53] the sermon

[00:26:53] that would be

[00:26:54] weird

[00:26:56] now

[00:26:57] here's what

[00:26:58] this looks like

[00:26:58] for me

[00:26:58] in an average

[00:26:59] week

[00:27:04] obviously

[00:27:04] like everyone

[00:27:05] said before

[00:27:05] I'm

[00:27:06] not just

[00:27:07] starting to

[00:27:08] prepare

[00:27:08] that week

[00:27:08] but

[00:27:09] when I

[00:27:10] sit down

[00:27:10] to write

[00:27:10] my sermon

[00:27:11] here's

[00:27:11] what

[00:27:11] I do

[00:27:16] on

[00:27:16] Tuesday

[00:27:17] I sit down

[00:27:17] and I spend

[00:27:18] about

[00:27:18] two hours

[00:27:19] studying the

[00:27:20] text

[00:27:21] taking notes

[00:27:22] and trying to

[00:27:23] identify the

[00:27:24] big idea

[00:27:24] and a couple

[00:27:25] of main points

[00:27:53] on Tuesday

[00:27:56] so we read

[00:27:57] I share

[00:27:58] with them

[00:27:59] my outline

[00:27:59] my big

[00:28:00] idea

[00:28:00] my main

[00:28:01] points

[00:28:01] and then

[00:28:02] I ask

[00:28:03] them for

[00:28:04] input

[00:28:05] and

[00:28:05] assistance

[00:28:12] I'll

[00:28:13] ask them

[00:28:19] how

[00:28:19] can I

[00:28:20] illustrate

[00:28:20] this

[00:28:21] point

[00:28:21] what's a

[00:28:21] good

[00:28:22] introduction

[00:28:28] so

[00:28:28] by the

[00:28:29] end of

[00:28:29] that

[00:28:29] meeting

[00:28:29] I should

[00:28:30] have

[00:28:30] a

[00:28:31] basic

[00:28:31] structure

[00:28:32] for what

[00:28:32] I

[00:28:32] need

[00:28:39] Wednesday

[00:28:40] I write

[00:28:41] my introduction

[00:28:44] Thursday

[00:28:45] I fill out

[00:28:46] my outline

[00:28:51] Friday

[00:28:52] I fill out

[00:28:53] my outline

[00:28:54] some more

[00:28:54] and

[00:28:55] Friday

[00:28:55] evening

[00:28:56] I

[00:28:56] preach

[00:28:57] my sermon

[00:28:58] in whatever

[00:28:58] form

[00:28:59] it's in

[00:28:59] to a group

[00:29:00] of five

[00:29:00] people

[00:29:09] and

[00:29:10] maybe

[00:29:11] you say

[00:29:11] well

[00:29:11] I have

[00:29:12] a job

[00:29:12] I can't

[00:29:13] just

[00:29:14] spend

[00:29:14] 40

[00:29:15] hours

[00:29:15] a week

[00:29:15] preparing

[00:29:15] a sermon

[00:29:20] actually

[00:29:21] I don't

[00:29:25] I spend

[00:29:25] maybe

[00:29:25] 8 to

[00:29:26] 10

[00:29:26] hours

[00:29:27] max

[00:29:29] so

[00:29:30] like

[00:29:30] writing

[00:29:31] my

[00:29:31] introduction

[00:29:31] I give

[00:29:32] myself

[00:29:32] one hour

[00:29:37] filling out

[00:29:38] my outline

[00:29:38] maybe

[00:29:39] two hours

[00:29:42] my point

[00:29:43] is

[00:29:43] with a

[00:29:43] process

[00:29:43] like this

[00:29:44] you can

[00:29:45] have a

[00:29:45] full-time

[00:29:45] job

[00:29:46] and

[00:29:46] prepare

[00:29:47] good

[00:29:47] sermons

[00:29:47] and

[00:29:48] still

[00:29:48] have

[00:29:48] time

[00:29:48] to

[00:29:48] play

[00:29:48] with

[00:29:49] your

[00:29:49] kids

[00:29:57] okay

[00:30:01] last thing

[00:30:01] my example

[00:30:02] and it's from

[00:30:03] this is a sermon

[00:30:04] i preached

[00:30:04] not long ago

[00:30:06] second corinthians

[00:30:07] seven

[00:30:07] two through sixteen

[00:30:08] The last thing I want to say is that

[00:30:13] the example of my contours

[00:30:15] from 2 Corinthians 7

[00:30:16] from 2 to 16.

[00:30:19] Okay, so here's the big idea.

[00:30:20] And that's kind of long.

[00:30:21] Usually it's shorter,

[00:30:22] but here's the big idea for this sermon.

[00:30:23] Evo recimo,

[00:30:24] ta glavna ideja za propoved

[00:30:26] na taj odlomak.

[00:30:27] Okay, the remedy for grief and guilt

[00:30:29] is turning to him

[00:30:31] who bore our griefs

[00:30:33] and provides present comfort

[00:30:34] and eternal hope.

[00:30:45] Now, here are my main points.

[00:30:49] Number one, the remedy for grief and guilt.

[00:30:51] You see, it's actually in the sentence.

[00:30:57] I'm going to introduce it by saying

[00:31:00] we all experience grief.

[00:31:02] We have a problem where we feel guilt.

[00:31:10] We need a remedy.

[00:31:13] Where can it be found?

[00:31:16] And then my second point,

[00:31:18] which is there in the big idea,

[00:31:20] it's by turning to him

[00:31:21] who bore our griefs.

[00:31:24] And there I look at verses 9 through 12.

[00:31:33] And then my third point,

[00:31:35] then, is the end of that sentence.

[00:31:37] The one who not only did those things,

[00:31:39] but he provides comfort presently

[00:31:41] and hope eternally.

[00:31:47] And in the beginning,

[00:31:48] I build an introduction

[00:31:49] by showing why this is so needed

[00:31:52] and important.

[00:31:57] With my conclusion,

[00:31:58] I show that Jesus bore our griefs

[00:32:00] and took our guilt on himself.

[00:32:03] In conclusion,

[00:32:06] I tell you how Jesus

[00:32:07] has been on our tongue,

[00:32:08] our criss,

[00:32:09] how He has been on the cross.

[00:32:11] And we can receive that grace

[00:32:13] through faith and repentance.

[00:32:20] And so,

[00:32:21] that's my process.

[00:32:24] But here's my point.

[00:32:26] You need an outline.

[00:32:28] You're taking your listeners

[00:32:29] on a journey.

[00:32:33] You need a map and a process.

[00:32:35] You need a map

[00:32:36] and you need a process.

[00:32:37] Your goal is not just

[00:32:38] to give them

[00:32:39] your random thoughts

[00:32:40] and read some verses

[00:32:41] from the Bible.

[00:32:42] So, you start by identifying

[00:32:53] your destination

[00:32:53] and then making a plan

[00:32:55] to get there.

[00:33:00] That's what your outline is.

[00:33:02] So, it's a point of contours.

[00:33:04] All right.

[00:33:05] Thanks, guys.

[00:33:06] Bye-bye.

[00:33:07] All right.

[00:33:08] Well, thanks for listening

[00:33:09] all the way to the end.

[00:33:10] Hopefully, that encourages you

[00:33:11] to have a bit more structure

[00:33:13] in the preparation

[00:33:15] and even the delivery

[00:33:16] of our sermons.

[00:33:19] This is based off

[00:33:21] of an earlier talk

[00:33:22] that Nick gave

[00:33:24] over the years.

[00:33:25] And so,

[00:33:26] if you'd like to hear this

[00:33:27] in a more streamlined,

[00:33:29] less translated version,

[00:33:31] episode 64

[00:33:33] of the podcast

[00:33:34] has the

[00:33:37] earlier version

[00:33:38] of this.

[00:33:39] But,

[00:33:39] one of the reasons

[00:33:40] why,

[00:33:41] even though this

[00:33:42] has already been

[00:33:42] put out there

[00:33:43] on the podcast feed,

[00:33:44] is because actually,

[00:33:45] I point people

[00:33:46] towards episode 64

[00:33:48] so many times.

[00:33:50] I really believe

[00:33:51] outlining

[00:33:51] is just one of the

[00:33:52] most underrated

[00:33:54] aspects

[00:33:54] of sermon preparation

[00:33:56] and delivery.

[00:33:57] So,

[00:33:58] whenever people

[00:33:58] ask me about it,

[00:33:59] I give my thoughts,

[00:34:00] but then I always say,

[00:34:02] but you know what?

[00:34:03] My friend and colleague,

[00:34:04] Nick Cady,

[00:34:04] can say it a lot better

[00:34:05] than I do.

[00:34:06] Why don't you go find

[00:34:07] episode 64

[00:34:08] of the podcast?

[00:34:10] But now,

[00:34:11] guys,

[00:34:11] that's like

[00:34:12] 300 episodes ago.

[00:34:14] So,

[00:34:15] I definitely want

[00:34:16] to re-up

[00:34:18] Nick's insight

[00:34:19] about the importance

[00:34:20] of having a sermon

[00:34:21] outlined.

[00:34:22] I hope that

[00:34:23] this episode

[00:34:25] and all that we do

[00:34:26] at Expositors Collective,

[00:34:28] all 353 episodes

[00:34:30] and the training events

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[00:34:32] and Africa

[00:34:32] and the US,

[00:34:33] I hope that

[00:34:34] God has used them

[00:34:36] to help you grow

[00:34:37] in your personal study

[00:34:38] and public proclamation

[00:34:40] of God's word.

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