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The Ministry of Proclamation: Kerygma (Part 2)

Segment 2: Contact, Content, and Connection in the Preaching Ministry

Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis

Three essential steps are involved in preaching effective sermons: establishing contact with the mind and world of the audience, delivering the content of the Word of God with clarity and boldness, and making specific and dynamic connection with the audience on the meaning of the preached Word to their spiritual condition and lives. In the first step we establish contact with our hearers as we spotlight issues, concerns, ideas, or experiences that resonate in the lives of the audience, which can also be used as a springboard into our preaching content. In the second phase, we communicate the content of Scripture, painting a picture through our words to focus on the person of Christ and his Kingdom. The Church calendar or liturgical year, along with the resources, texts, and tools associated with it can provide our audiences with a continuous retelling of the Story of God in the life and work of Jesus. The final step in effective biblical preaching involves making connections with the truth, coming to feel and understand their spiritual condition before God, and responding so as to be transformed by the truth in a way appropriate to their life situation and place. Our objective for this segment, Contact, Content, and Connection in the Preaching Ministry , is to enable you to see that: • Three essential steps are involved in preaching effective sermons: establishing contact with the mind and world of the audience, communicating the content of the Word of God with clarity and boldness, and making specific and dynamic connection with the audience on the meaning of the preached Word to their spiritual condition and lives. • In the first step of effective biblical preaching, we establish contact with our hearers as we spotlight issues, concerns, ideas, or experiences that resonate in the lives of the audience, which can also be used as a springboard into our preaching content. • The second phase of effective biblical preaching deals with delivering the content of Scripture. Our goal is to paint a picture through our words in the spiritual eyes of our hearers so as to show them our themes, not merely tell them about it. The content of our preaching ought to focus on the person of

Summary of Segment 2

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