Writing a Sermon

What does it take to write a sermon? 

    To answer this question one must first have an understanding of what a sermon is.  Is a sermon just a nice talk?  Is it an advertisement for God's work in the lives of people?  Is it an argument to prove that miracles did happen in the past and still happen today?  Is the sermon's purpose to convert unbelievers or is it mean for only believers?  Where is the sermon supposed to take God people?  What is it suppose to accomplish?

    These are all questions which need to be asked before we can really tackle writing a sermon.  However, there is one aspect of a Christian sermon which we all need to consider; the Christian sermon is meant to be "proclamation".  It is like the town crier maing the announcement that something significant happened that will effect all the members of the town.  It is the message which tells the debtor that someone else has paid the debt.  Now what does that mean for the one who hears this "Good News"?

    I just wanted to get you thinking about something we all may take for granted.  How would you answer these questions?

 

Blessings & Peace,

Pastor John

Hebrews 13:20-21