After choosing a sermon text, step away from that text and learn all you can about the context of that text. The context is all of the information that is woven together with and around the sermon text that determines the meaning of that text. Imagine that you were going to assemble a puzzle for the first time. You would pay special attention to the big picture on the puzzle box cover and use it to determine where to fit each smaller piece. Eventually, you will get each
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