1 Point Preacher<br />Episode 4<br /><br />Show Notes:<br /><br />Time to talk about text selection.<br /><br />You need to think through the process of deciding "what" to preach.<br /><br />Having the biblical conviction of preaching consecutive expository sermons, preaching through books of the Bible, there's the choice of what book to preach from beginning to end.<br /><br />What book am I going to preach next?<br /><br />We'll go through the various factors involved.<br /><br />1. What was/is preached<br /><br />What did you just finish preaching?<br />*If your church is blessed with more than one preacher, what is he currently preaching?<br />In other words: what has been the diet of the congregation so far?<br />Example: imagine 3 preachers on rotation all preaching a different Pauline epistle. Would that be a wise decision for a balanced preaching diet?<br /><br />2. Congregation<br /><br />Gauge the people: what are the conversations like? What foundational truths are missing?<br />Example: choosing 1 Corinthians to address wrong understanding of offering and tithing.<br /><br />The responsibility of the shepherd is to care for his flock. He must be among them, and be acquainted with their level of understanding and maturity.<br />The primary means of feeding and protecting his flock is by preaching. He must preach to meet their real needs.<br /><br />Maybe at this moment, the congregation is in need of rebuke. Or correction towards a popular false teaching.<br /><br />3. Book Length<br /><br />Some books are very long.<br />Take the synthetic approach—the bird's eye view.<br />Example: Genesis outlined by characters.<br />The length of the book doesn't determine how long it will take to preach. The depth you choose will determine that.<br />We're convinced that sequential exposition is the right way to preach: from beginning to end—section by section, segment by segment, pericope by pericope, phrase by phrase.<br />That does not mean only one level—one verse at a time.<br /><br />Length is important, especially if the congregation is not acclimated to sequential exposition. Don't commit them to a two year preaching plan through a book. You can pick a long book, without taking two years to preach through it. Take a bird's eye view. It's allowed.<br /><br />4. Proportion<br /><br />Balancing the Old and New Testament.<br />We are to be whole-Bible churches and whole-Bible Christians. The whole Bible is the diet of the people.<br />If you have more than one service, then have one preaching in the Old and one in the New.<br /><br />Did you just finish a NT book? Consider an OT book. Alternate.<br />That will show and communicate the unity of the Bible. All of Scripture is profitable.<br /><br />Proportion both Testaments. A whole-counsel-of-God diet.<br /><br />Recommended: preachers should not share a book series—preachers rotating in preaching the same book.<br />To do that carefully would require meeting every step of the way.<br /><br />5. Genre<br /><br />Consider the various types of literature or genres.<br />Letters: NT epistles, didactic literature.<br />Narratives: Gospels and OT historical books.<br />Poetry: much of the prophetic literature are in poetry. Job, Psalms, wisdom literature—Proverbs, Ecclesiastes.<br />Sub-Genres of Psalms: ascent, wisdom Psalms, and the majority of Psalms are laments.<br />What genres have been preached recently? Check those boxes off. Preach a new genre. Provide a whole-Bible diet.<br /><br />Acquaint your people with the diversity of Scripture.<br /><br />Example: I just finished a Minor Prophet. Josh is preaching Romans, an Epistle. Ronnie is preaching the Sermon on the Mount—a narrative book, but it's a didactic section.<br /><br />So what will I choose now? Not an epistle, narrative, or prophetic book.<br /><br />The poetic books have a lot of variety.<br /><br />Example: A series made up of selections from the Psalms. Is that allowed?<br />There are five books of Psalms.<br />Within those are so many kinds of Psalms.<br />Each Psalm is a unit unto itself. This is the inspired hymnbook of the Bible. Psalms is not composed like the other books of the Bible. It doesn't have chapters. They are songs.<br /><br />The whole Psalter has a structure. It's not a random collection.<br /><br />From the structure and the five books, I can choose a selection from all of the sub-categories of Psalms, and make a sequential expository series, giving everyone a taste from the whole Psalter.<br />The introduction and concluding Psalms, and one or two Psalms of each genre from each of the five books.<br /><br /><br />Please FOLLOW this channel and LIKE / SHARE / REPOST<br /><br />Visit us:<br />Facebook.com/WorldviewDiscipleship<br />DiscipleshipPhilippines.org<br /><br />Bumper Music:<br />👢🐂🌵🐍 Murder On The Bayou<br />Written by Bryan Teoh<br /><a href="https://freepd.com/music/Murder" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://freepd.com/music/Murder</a> On The Bayou.mp3<br /><br />*SHOW NOTES CONTINUE IN THE COMMENTS