Good leaders follow Christ and mighty men are men of prayer
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1) Primary Research of the Text a) Intrinsic Analysis i) Read the entire text through several times; meditate on it under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. ii) Compare translations of the passage. Are there any significant textual variants or exegetical problems? How do major translations resolve them? iii) Analyze structure and syntax. Make a flow chart or diagram if necessary. iv) Analyze genre, rhetoric, grammar and significant words, themes, ideas, emotions and/or actions. v) Outline the passage. Think through the divisions. b) Extrinsic Analysis i) Identify the author, audience, the date and the setting. ii) Identify any cultural and/or social backgrounds important to the passage. iii) Identify the passage’s significance in the book as a whole. iv) Identify important biblical and theological contexts for the passage. c) Original Meaning i) Summarize the passage; state the original intention of the author to his audience through this text. ii) What the text? iii) How did the writer construct these observations so they would text model, iv) How did the writer want his readers to to react conceptually, behaviorally, and affectively d) Modern Applications i) Epochal Adjustments (1) In what period of redemptive history does the text take place? How to you bring this meaning forward to Christ’s kingdom? (a) How does the original meaning apply in the (b) How does the original meaning apply in the (c) How does the original meaning apply in the (2) Consider the text and your audience. In light of the original meaning of the passage, what phase of Christ’s kingdom do they need to hear? Seek the Spirit’s leading through prayer! ii) Cultural Adjustments. What adjustments to the original meaning and its kingdom application need to be made in light of the cultural differences between the world of the text and our world? iii) Personal Adjustments. Consider the different types of people in your audience: their social, economic, ethnic, cultural, religious, educational, generational status. How does the original meaning and its kingdom application need to be adjusted for those to whom you will apply the text? Remember, you apply the text to your audience behaviorally, and/or affectively 2) Secondary Research a) Read Introductions, Dictionaries, Commentaries and/or Journals on the Text b) How does the literature address the following matters? i) Intrinsic Analysis ii) Extrinsic Analysis iii) Original Meaning iv) Modern Application 3) Sermon Preparation a) Meditate on the passage and pray over it repeatedly. b) Write the Proposition i) State in one sentence the meaning and therefore the application of the passage. Work this into one concise, concrete statement that both summarizes the text and opens the door to application. This is what Chappell calls a proposition. ii) Make sure you have unity – the sermon should be about one thing and only one thing! c) Outline the main points of the sermon in relation to the proposition. i) Each main point should normally have textual explanation, relevant illustration and kingdom application. ii) Remember what Chappell calls the “fallen condition focus” as well as your epochal, cultural and personal adjustments to the original meaning. iii) Work on your transitions between main points and within the main points. d) Prayerfully review and make final decisions about applications and illustrations. e) Compose an introduction and conclusion. f) Write the sermon outline and manuscript. g) Practice the sermon and pray repeatedly for the anointing of the Spirit.
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