A Bible Study on Hebrews 3:1 – 4:13
Remaining Faithful in the Face of Temptation to Fall Away Introduction: Use an appropriate illustration or example, perhaps one about how sedimentary rocks are formed by slowly by extended pressure over time to illustrate the concept of hardening ones' heart. Body:...
How to Outline the Structure of A Scripture Passage
Prepare! Outline the Structure of the Passage
How to Study Words and Relationships
Words and Relationships
How to Find the Big Idea of A Scripture Passage
Find the Big Idea of the Passage
How to Craft the Purpose Bridge of A Sermon
Craft the Purpose Bridge
How to Write A Sermon Manuscript
Write out your sermon manuscript.
How to Develop the Structure of A Sermon
Structure your sermon.
How to Form the Big Idea of A Sermon (or Bible Study!)
Form the Big Idea of the message.
How to Prepare Your Sermon in 7 Steps!
Epta is an online tool that helps you to prepare your sermon, talk or bible study using a simple 7 step process.
Step 7: How to Craft a Sermon
Finally, you can put it all together! Use the “S.A.V.E (a) point” principle to explain and apply your points…
Step 6: How to Structure Your Sermon (or Bible Study!)
In this step, you are designing the “blueprint” of how you will achieve the goal of helping your audience grasp and understand the big idea of your sermon, which you developed in step 5.
Step 5: How to Form the Big Idea of Your Message
The big idea of your sermon is that one thing that you want your audience to remember when they go home.
Step 4: How to Craft the Purpose of Your Sermon
Take the eternal, historical truth you discovered and deliver it to your congregation in a way that is faithful to the meaning of the text, relevant to their specific context, and engaging to their hearts and minds. Connect the world of the bible then, to the world of your hearers now. To achieve this, your sermon must have a purpose. What does God want to say to his people today from his word through you, his servant?
Step 3: How to Find the Big Idea of a Scripture Passage
What is that heart of your passage? Discover the one, eternal truth that God wanted those who first read your text to understand. We call this core truth the “big idea”
Step 2: How to Outline the Structure of A Scripture Passage
Use grammatical keys and content cues to outline your text into its main and sub-points. Every passage is held together by these keys and cues which act like the joints that connect the skeletal structure in our bodies.
Step 1 – How to Study Words and Relationships in a Scripture Passage
Observe and discover the historical meaning of the words and phrases that link up to make up your passage through the eyes of those who first heard and read it.
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