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Shaping the Claim helps the preacher discover the core of the message to be preached—the sermonic “claim”. In order to be effective, says McMickle, a sermon needs to address the hearers at three distinct levels; the head or the intellect, the heart or passion and conviction, and the hand or an expected and desired response. In order to discover the biblical “claim” that a sermon should make upon...

another than to say this to the person. To say this meant that the person in question was not worthy of much attention and should not be expected to produce much in the way of accomplishment. “He/she ain’t about nothing” suggested that the person in question should not be taken seriously or expected to have anything significant to contribute to any discussion or the resolution of any problem. Too many sermons on too many Sundays “ain’t about nothing.” Too many sermons are limited to superficial or
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