PREPARING SERMONS FROM THE PAGE TO THE PULPIT
Exegesis to Exposition in Seven Steps
WAYNE BAXTER
Preparing Sermons from the Page to the Pulpit: Exegesis to Exposition in Seven Steps
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CHAPTER 2: KEEPING IT TOGETHER
CHAPTER 3: DISCERNING THE BIG PICTURE
How Neighboring Words Shape Meaning
CHAPTER 4: OUTLINING THE PASSAGE
CHAPTER 5: THE OUTLINE BEFORE THE OUTLINE
From Passage Outline to Exegetical Summary Outline
CHAPTER 6: MANAGING THE MINUTIAE
How the Text Makes Its Point Matters
CHAPTER 7: MAKING THEOLOGICAL CONNECTIONS
How the Text Relates to the Rest of Scripture
Applying the Text Appropriately
I remember back in the ’90s sitting in one of my seminary classes at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, listening to one of my professors opine about how the evangelical pulpit was weak. He commented how the preaching emanating from evangelical churches was not expository and was superficial. Pastors would use the Bible, but their messages were not driven by what a given passage had to say; and those ...
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About Preparing Sermons from the Page to the Pulpit: Exegesis to Exposition in Seven StepsA step-by-step guide to preparing effective expository sermons Pastors love studying God’s word. But it can be difficult to take the things they’ve learned from exegesis and apply them to the soul of a congregation. In Preparing Sermons from the Page to the Pulpit: Exegesis to Exposition in Seven Steps, veteran pastor and seminary professor Wayne Baxter helps pastors move from study to sermon. In seven steps, preachers are guided to take their exegetical analysis of a Scripture passage and turn it into an effective expository sermon. Preachers and seminarians will be helped by Baxter’s expertise as they grow in crafting compelling sermons. |
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