In part three of his series on preaching, Dr. Bryan Chapell shares advanced techniques to help you in the pulpit. He starts with his battle-tested methods, explaining how to use voice and gesture and where to add transitions to create a natural flow. You’ll learn a variety of sermon preparation and delivery methods and how to develop your own style. Dr. Chapell then guides you away from the pulpit and into the pew. He explains the typical mindset of the different generations and common presuppositions that non-Christians and Christians bring with them on Sunday. You’ll discover how to approach sermon application based on who’s sitting in front of you and how to speak biblical truth in a way they will understand.
“They review and preview—not only, but also, they are saying, ‘Here’s what we’ve covered. Now we need to cover this.’” (source)
“The basic definition of a transition is this: Transitions demonstrate or develop the relationship of the parts of the message to the whole message or the parts to other parts.” (source)
“use dialogical method, asking out loud the questions the listener would ask if he or she thought that they could” (source)
“‘Everything he said was true. He just could not pull it all together.’” (source)
“Transitions are essentially means of tying sermon components together to make them pleasing to the ear—that is, listenable for the congregation but also logically connected.” (source)