outlines can be compared by arranging them side by side in chart form. The third step is to survey the context of the preaching portion itself. Charles Koller in Expository Preaching Without Notes has listed seven items that he terms factual data. The speaker should check each of these seven items. When he has discovered the material he wants, he should collect it and keep it in written form, both for use in the immediate sermon, and for future reference. The items of factual data represent the absolute