We talk about the Big Idea at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. The Big Idea is the dominant idea in your sermon. It’s made up by asking two questions: First, what is the author talking about? And second, what is the author saying about what he is talking about? We try to crystalize it into an idea that addressees people in the twenty-first century. It is important to realize that, in the sermon, this idea—the Big Idea—is what has to come through. Sermons have all sorts